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.
Pakistan announced last week that it would begin a phased lifting of its lockdown because of the effect it was having on the
economy and an impoverished workforce.
"We opened today after almost two months; I am almost bankrupt and owe workers their salaries," said Muhammad Sattar, a garment shop owner in one of the busiest commercial areas of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital.