KHYBER: Business centres in Bara, Landi Kotal and Jamrud subdivisions of Khyber remained open on Saturday despite official announcement of a complete lockdown from May 8 to 16.
The district administration and the police looked the other way while traders and shopkeepers at three busy marketplaces kept their businesses open on the first day of so-called lockdown.
Deputy commissioner Mansur Arshad Khan had issued a notification on May 5 about strict observance of the nine-day lockdown along with closure of picnic and tourism spots and all bus and taxi stands in Khyber district in compliance with the directives issued by the provincial home department to contain the spread of coronavirus.