0 Imran khan Said That "The Pakistan Can No Longer Afford The Lockdown

Premier Imran Khan says that the country can no longer afford the lockdown,

while health authorities warn of spike in virus infection

Pakistan,KARACHI

Despite rapidly increasing coronavirus cases in the pakistan,Prime Minister of pakistan (Imran Khan) says that on Monday no lockdown will be reimposed.

"Unfortunately, the [last] lockdown has already hit the poor people. We no longer can afford that,'imran Khan told a new conference in the capital Islamabad after the meeting of the National Coordination Committee --- a body that monitors the coronavirus situation in country'.

"Therefore, except for the few sectors, all other sectors will stay open,"imran Khan said, without specifying the sectors that will remain closed, " We have to save our peoples from covid-19 and hunger simultaneously."

The development came days after health experts warned of a spike in number of coronavirus cases across the country following the lifting of two-months nationwide lockdown late May.

'covid-19 virus is spreading everywhere, at least this year. That means we have to live with it following safety guidelines," imran Khan said that.

The tax collection in Pakistan, the premier said, has reduced 30%, in addition to deceasing foreign and local investment due to the lockdown in pakistan.

Khan also ordered the aviation authorities to accelerate the process of bringing back thousands of Pakistanis stranded in different countries due to the suspension of international flights, mainly in the Gulf states, due to the pandemic.

Last week, the government lifted a prolonged ban on international flights in order to bring stranded Pakistanies back.

On Monday, an Emirates Airlines flight carrying 370 Pakistanis from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Pak.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan have reached 72,461 with 1,544 deaths so far.

The country has recorded 295 deaths in the past four days with over 11,000 new cases.

According to official statistics, the southern Sindh province tops the tally with 28,246 cases, followed by the northeastern Punjab where 26,242 people have so far been infected with covid-19.

Some 26,083 patients have been recovered.