In pictures: How did Pakistani cities observe Friday under lockdown?
Government has restricted movement in the country to flatten the curve.
Police and law enforcement officials were deployed across the country on Friday to ensure that prayer congregations remain restricted as the government fights to flatten the curve.
Every week, since the government started imposing restrictions on movement, law enforcement officials struggle to ensure that crowds do not gather for prayers on Friday, yet congregations are held across the country.
As of now, Pakistan has recorded 7,289 cases of the novel coronavirus while 137 people have died from the disease. Government officials have warned that the number of reported cases will increase along with the testing capacity. Initially, most cases were imported from other countries but now 58 per cent of the cases are of local transmission.
Header: Muslims maintain safe distance as they attend Friday prayer in a mosque in Karachi. — Reuters
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Apr 17, 2020 08:42pm
Good pictures. Stay blessed.
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Apr 17, 2020 08:44pm
Friday prayers are special. Ulema and government will finalize strategy by Monday.
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Apr 17, 2020 09:23pm
Keep it up good
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Apr 17, 2020 09:29pm
If it weren't for the risk that their obduracy poses to others, I would have said "oh well."
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Apr 17, 2020 09:42pm
is this safe distance? In the picture its quite opposite
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Apr 17, 2020 09:46pm
What social distancing?
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Apr 17, 2020 09:52pm
Prayers for Dooms Day
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Apr 17, 2020 09:56pm
A ruthless lock down of mosques is warranted now that SA has done so so explicitly. Our clergy has no excuse whatever
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Apr 17, 2020 10:04pm
why don't we show it to China and tell them how effectively we observe social distancing.
Here is a clue.
Check the count after Fridays
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Apr 17, 2020 10:27pm
Sad reality , people are not following social distancing properly.
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Apr 17, 2020 10:34pm
That is the result of illiteracy which got diverse effect from religious to professional matters, as we are becoming so narrow minded and communist like Chinese that even we don't even bothered to search on google what other Muslim countries are following and doing.
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Apr 17, 2020 10:55pm
Fanatic peoples.
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Apr 17, 2020 11:10pm
Very responsible nation. Amazing people!
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Apr 17, 2020 11:23pm
Those who prayed in Red Mosque, Islamabad should be thoroughly screened for coronavirous infections because, they defied the Government orders to refrain from gathering in Mosques for Friday prayers..
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Apr 17, 2020 11:27pm
Very nice, gud going.
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Apr 17, 2020 11:45pm
uneducated people doing uneducated things
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Apr 18, 2020 12:01am
Pakistan is earning praises from the world:
"Islamabad, Pakistan - A lack of consensus between religious leaders and the Pakistani government has seen Friday congregational prayers still being held at some mosques across the country, in defiance of government guidelines on social distancing amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
In the capital, Islamabad, hundreds gathered at the Red Mosque, led by hardline religious leader Abdul Aziz, to offer prayers, standing shoulder-to-shoulder and filling the mosque's main hall to capacity."
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Apr 18, 2020 12:27am
Great discipline, the world should know that in Pakistan religion comes first, over everything period.
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Apr 18, 2020 01:48am
When these people get sick take them to mosque let Imam take care of them; also drag all so called religious scholars work with Imam with brute forece.
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Apr 18, 2020 02:37am
It would be appreciated if social distance to be maintained for safety of precious life the photographs were excellent.(Texas)
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Apr 18, 2020 02:51am
@Khi Lhr, yes but there are conditions that must be observed when fighting covid19. Clearly you don't appear to understand.
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Apr 18, 2020 04:06am
Reuter, as well as Dawn, proclaimed that worshippers are maintaining Safe Distance.
Both are very well informed organizations. If they say so, then it must be so.
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Apr 18, 2020 04:22am
Why pray in groups?
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Apr 18, 2020 05:28am
In general, Non Muslims have understood the deadly Coronavirus better.
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Apr 18, 2020 05:35am
I just could not believe it. They all, who are not following the government orders, need to be arrested and heavily fined.
Rangers need to be sent on selected Masajid to set an example.
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Apr 18, 2020 07:11am
Absolute careless and selfish attitude. Not sure what they are trying to prove over here. I don’t care if you get infected but I am more worried about the people that you are going to infect. Totally selfish and idiotic behaviour.
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Apr 18, 2020 08:09am
Only thing we can say in these pictures is that people are totally ignoring the social distancing guidelines.
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Apr 18, 2020 08:21am
@Ajay Dutt, But AFP by their picture at Red Mosque in Islamabad showed that at times don’t tell facts.
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Apr 18, 2020 08:35am
So for christians it is to obey govt lockdown and for others maintain social distancing while praying in mass gathering? Nice rules !!
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Apr 18, 2020 10:29am
Why in Islamabad, people are not required to follow appropriate physical distance while praying?
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Apr 18, 2020 11:57am
@Faiz, what a Muslim or non Muslim has to do in better understanding about virus ?... you guys voted in pmln x3 times, pppx4 times abaad this is the result ?. No education no hospitals no socials norms in last 45 years... what else you expect ?.
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Apr 18, 2020 12:00pm
"Muslim devotees offer Friday prayers outside a closed mosque in Karachi."
Very naive & unprofessional caption indeed!
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Apr 18, 2020 04:31pm
For outcome, wait for 14 days.
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Apr 18, 2020 11:44pm
@saksci, You still did not learn ? Faith begins where science ends
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