Pakistan is loosening an economic lockdown despite the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country.
Shops and businesses have begun to re-open in the capital Islamabad as part of a phased easing of restrictions.
Clothing and shoe shops and small markets are among the first to start trading, but shopping centres are still shut.
On Friday, more than 2,000 new cases were reported, taking the number of those infected to more than 27,000 with around 600 deaths so far.
But business associations in Pakistan have welcomed the move, saying the country cannot afford to remain shut for long and that millions of jobs will be saved.
Pakistan’s economy is already suffering because of falling remittances from abroad and declining exports.
When he announced the easing of restrictions earlier this week, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan’s poor could not afford to live under lockdown and that people now had to stick to social distancing rules.
