PML-N leader Khawaja Asif said that a complete lockdown lasting for a few weeks would have succeeded in curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

He said: "I accept this decision to ease the lockdown because factories aren't operating and daily wagers are suffering. I accept it.

"But if we had imposed a serious lockdown at the very start of the outbreak, then we would have been through with this crisis by now. Now when we need the lockdown the most, they are relaxing restrictions."