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A Pakistani woman peers out of the window of her home during a restricted area that is sealed in smart lockdown, in Lahore. EPA
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Workers prepare the burial of a victim who died of Coronavirus in Hyderabad, Pakistan. EPA
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People sit outside a closed market of a restricted area that is sealed in smart lockdown in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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A man rides his donkey cart in a deserted street after the authorities sealed most of the area of Karachi. AFP
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Pakistani boys play cricket on a road near a restricted area that is sealed in smart lockdown, in Lahore, Pakistan. EPA
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An elderly person wearing a mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus attends a Yoga class at a park in Lahore, Pakistan. AP
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A health official takes a nasal swab sample for a Covid-19 test in Hyderabad, Pakistan. EPA
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A police officer stands guard at a checkpoint of a restricted area that is sealed in smart lockdown, in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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The Government has imposed smart lockdown in parts of the city of Karachi after the Covid-19 coronavirus cases continue to rise in Pakistan. EPA
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A street sealed by the authorities at an area restricted to help contain the spread of coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan. EPA
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A police officer stands guard at a checkpoint in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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The Government has imposed smart lockdown in parts of the city of Lahore after the Covid-19 coronavirus cases continue to rise in Pakistan. EPA
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A Pakistani woman peers out of the window of her home during a restricted area that is sealed in smart lockdown, in Lahore. EPA
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Workers prepare the burial of a victim who died of Coronavirus in Hyderabad, Pakistan. EPA
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People sit outside a closed market of a restricted area that is sealed in smart lockdown in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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A man rides his donkey cart in a deserted street after the authorities sealed most of the area of Karachi. AFP
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Pakistani boys play cricket on a road near a restricted area that is sealed in smart lockdown, in Lahore, Pakistan. EPA
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An elderly person wearing a mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus attends a Yoga class at a park in Lahore, Pakistan. AP
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A health official takes a nasal swab sample for a Covid-19 test in Hyderabad, Pakistan. EPA
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A police officer stands guard at a checkpoint of a restricted area that is sealed in smart lockdown, in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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The Government has imposed smart lockdown in parts of the city of Karachi after the Covid-19 coronavirus cases continue to rise in Pakistan. EPA
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A street sealed by the authorities at an area restricted to help contain the spread of coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan. EPA
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A police officer stands guard at a checkpoint in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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The Government has imposed smart lockdown in parts of the city of Lahore after the Covid-19 coronavirus cases continue to rise in Pakistan. EPA
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A Pakistani woman peers out of the window of her home during a restricted area that is sealed in smart lockdown, in Lahore. EPA
Pakistan's coronavirus victims abandoned in death as relatives fear infection
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Haroon Janjua
22 June, 2020
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