Pictures: Pakistan reopens restaurants, cinemas and gyms as COVID-19 counts drop

Government on Monday lifted almost all restrictions it had imposed since March

Published: August 11, 2020 20:11 Nilanjana Javed, Senior News Editor

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Pakistanis flocked to gyms, salons and restaurants that opened on Monday for the first time in five months after being shut to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Image Credit: Reuters

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Gyms opened in the city of Peshawar, with customers relieved they no longer had to train at home. Image Credit: AP

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People arrive at a mall in Karachi, after government announced it would be lifting most of the country's remaining coronavirus restrictions after seeing new cases drop for several weeks. Image Credit: AFP

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The government allowed a partial resumption of commercial activities in May. Despite reopening the remaining businesses, it urged people take precautions including wearing masks. Image Credit: AP

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UN official says Pakistan’s COVID-19 containment ‘good example for the world’. In this picture, people eat at a rooftop restaurant on Margalla Hills in Islamabad after government announced it would be lifting most of the country's remaining coronavirus restrictions after seeing new cases drop for several weeks. Image Credit: AFP

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A worker checks the temperature of children arriving with their mother to visit the zoo, following an ease in restrictions that had been imposed to help control the coronavirus, in Lahore. Image Credit: AP

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A man wears a protective mask as he exercises at a public gym after Pakistan lifted lockdown restrictions, as the COVID-19 outbreak continues, in Peshawar. Image Credit: Reuters

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People wear face masks and keep social distancing as they enter a cinema following an ease in restrictions that had been imposed to help control the coronavirus, in Peshawar. Image Credit: AP

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People eat at a rooftop restaurant close to the historical Badshahi Mosque, following an ease in restrictions that had been imposed to help control the coronavirus, in Lahore. Image Credit: AP

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People wear protective masks while watching a movie at a cinema after Pakistan lifted lockdown restrictions, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Peshawar. Image Credit: Reuters

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A man wears a protective mask as he has a haircut at a barbershop in Karachi. The South Asian country has recorded more than 280,000 cases of COVID-19 and nearly 6,100 deaths, but has seen a slowing of numbers since June, when it recorded nearly 7,000 infections and 118 deaths in a single day. Image Credit: Reuters

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