Mosques seal for Friday prayer in Landi Kotal

Ahmad Nabi

LANDI KOTAL: Like elsewhere in the country, mosques in Landi Kotal were suspended for Friday congregation here on Friday. It is worth mentioning here that last night the Federal government as precautionary step decided to lock down all mosques for Friday prayers following consulted with religious scholars.

Chairman Islamic Ideology Council Dr Qibla Ayaz in his statement to the media also conferred the decision and asked the Muslims to offer their prayers at homes in the best interest of the masses. The local administration from morning deployed police officials at mosques and directed management of all mosques to close it for performing the religious congregation.

Station Home Officer (SHO), police station, Landi Kotal Amjad Shelmani who visited the mosques urged the believers to offer their Friday prayer at their homes. On the other hand the Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Allama Noorul Haq granted health safety kits to the Medical Superintendent (MS) of Headquarter Hospital, Landi Kotal Dr Naik Dad Afridi.

The safety kits comprised 30 thermal scanner guns, 40 cotton of surgical mask, 50 coverall, 50 hygiene kits, 3000 pairs of gloves and 42 sanitizers. The Minister said that the same commodities would also be provided to Jamrud and Mulagori health centers to tackle possible coronavirus cases in the area. The MS thanks the Minister for supplying the safety products as it were dire need of the health officials combating the fatal COVID 19.

Meanwhile tests of the family members of the lonely coronavirus patient were declared negative. The in charge health official of isolation ward in Landi Kotal hospital,Dr Inayat while confirming it said that after detecting resident of Shiekhmal,Rehmatullah,as COVID 19 positive, the health officials had conducted test of his family members.

Last day medical tests of two relatives including wife and son of the coronavirus patient were stated to be free of COVID 19. It is to be mentioned here that previous day Lahore returned the local person; Rehmatullah was detected conronavirus positive and was shifted to isolation ward in Landi Kotal hospital where his condition was announced to be stable. According to the health official four suspected were also quarantined in the health center and their samples were sent to lab for diagnose.