Pima appeals to govt to review strategy.

KARACHI -- Criticising the government for relaxing the lockdown without putting in place an effective mechanism to ensure implementation of SOPs by traders and discipline by the general public, the Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) appealed on Wednesday to the government to review its strategy.

'The SOPs are shattered both by people and traders. Millions of people have flooded shops and markets of non-essential goods as soon as the lockdown is relaxed, multiplying the risk of exponential spread of coronavirus infection in a matter of days,' it said.

It also criticised law enforcement agencies for not acting against those violating SOPs and said that the already fragile and long neglected healthcare system would surely collapse in such circumstances.

'We have already warned that the lower level of literacy, poor...