KARACHI: A Karachi court on Thursday denied a group of traders bail in a case of violating the lockdown.
During the hearing, the District South judicial magistrate sent six traders to jail for 14 days on judicial remand; one of the arrested men is a traders’ representative.
The group was arrested for opening their markets without permission. They are accused of violating the lockdown, torture and provoking people.
It may be noted here that the lockdown was imposed on March 23 following the outbreak of the coronavirus as governments all over the world placed similar lockdowns to contain the virus.
Traders and businessmen, however, want markets to be opened because they are facing losses. The Sindh government has allowed a number of factories to reopen and is slowly allowing other businesses, however, the provincial government awaits the federal government’s approval before moving forward.
