In pictures: Markets teem as Pakistan's lockdown eases despite infection surge

There are at least 32,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in country
Reuters/AFP | May 12, 2020

PHOTO: REUTERS

Markets across Pakistan were teeming on Monday after opening up for the first time in over a month as the country began to lift its lockdown despite a rise in the rate of coronavirus infections.

People shop from stalls in a market. PHOTO: REUTERS


A general view of a road traffic and the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) PHOTO: REUTERS


Barbers give haircuts to customers after the government eased the nationwide lockdown. PHOTO: AFP


Women and children shop from a stall in a market, after Pakistan started easing the lockdown. PHOTO: REUTERS


A shopkeeper waits for customers in a market. PHOTO: AFP



Women queue to enter a clothing store after the government eased the nationwide lockdown. PHOTO: AFP


PHOTO:AFP


People gather as they wait for the reopening of shops in Lahore.PHOTO :AFP


People shop for shoes near stall after the government eased the nationwide lockdown in Quetta. PHOTO: AFP


Women shop at a market after the government eased the lockdown  in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AFP


 

 

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