As many as 293 people across Sindh were arrested for violating terms of the government-imposed lockdown on Thursday.

According to police sources, 186 persons were apprehended in Karachi for violation of Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code and for hoarding masks, sanitisers, gloves and other such items.

Amongst others arrested in the province, 51 were held in Hyderabad, 10 in Mirpurkhas, 10 in Shaheed Benazirabad and 36 in Sukkur.

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