Authorities sealed on Wednesday eight restaurants in Karachi’s District South for violating the coronavirus SOPs.

The district administration sealed Dua and Special Salateen
restaurants in Clifton, South Deputy Commissioner Irshad Ali Sodhar told SAMAA
Digital. Officials sealed Frontier, Baithak and Khyber restaurants at Boat
Basin.

Two restaurants in Aram Bagh and one more in Saddar were sealed
too, according to the official.

There was a huge crowd present at these restaurants without
any social distance, DC Sodhar said. The staff was dealing with customers without
masks and gloves, he added.

The administration has sealed these restaurants for now, he
said. Their owners would be fined at the time of de-sealing the eateries.