In this picture taken on September 1, 2020, a health official takes a swab sample from a child to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing site in Karachi. Six months after the coronavirus arrived in Pakistan, the country appears to have dodged the worst of the pandemic, baffling public health experts and dampening fears its crowded urban areas and ramshackle hospitals will be overrun. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo)





A young Shiite Muslim boy holds knives attached to chains as he flagellates, during Ashura Day procession in Peshawar, Pakistan, 30 August 2020. Shiite Muslims are observing the holy month of Muharram, the climax of which is the Ashura festival that commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. (Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA/EFE)





An ironsmith sharpens knives to be used for flagellation during the sacred month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic Calendar, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 28 August 2020. Muslims are observing the holy month of Muharram, the climax of which is the Ashura festival commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA/EFE)





Shiite Muslim mourners gather to touch a white horse symbolising the one used by seventh-century Muslim saint Imam Hussein in the battle, during the Islamic month of Muharram ahead of Ashura ceremonies, in Lahore on August 29, 2020. Ashura is a period of mourning for Shiite Muslims during Muharram commemorations to mark the seven-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein who was killed in battle in Karbala in Iraq 680 AD. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A family wade through a flooded area during a heavy monsoon rain in Yar Mohammad village near Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, August 27, 2020. Pakistan's military said it will deploy rescue helicopters to Karachi to transport some 200 families to safety after canal waters flooded the city amid monsoon rains. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





A family wades through a flooded road during a heavy monsoon rainfall in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Three days of monsoon rains have killed dozens of people and damaged hundreds of homes across Pakistan, the country's national disaster management agency said Tuesday, as another spell of heavy rain lashed the port city of Karachi. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Commuters ride past a flooded street during the monsoon rain, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan on August 25, 2020. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A man swims with the help of empty canisters through a flooded road during the monsoon rain, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan on August 25, 2020. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A boy wades through a flooded street with submerged vehicles during the monsoon rain, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan on August 25, 2020. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A man looses his balance while crossing a flooded street during monsoon rain, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan on August 27, 2020. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A Shiite Muslim boy beat his chest with others during a Muharram procession, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, August 28, 2020. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





A nomadic girl talks to her sister from a hole in a ripped tent during rainfall at a slum in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, September 1, 2020. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





A Pakistani health worker collects samples for Coronavirus testing of local residents in Karachi, Pakistan, 03 September 2020. Countries around the world are taking increased measures to stem the widespread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the COVID-19 disease. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Pakistani Rangers distribute food to people affected by monsoon rains in Karachi, Pakistan, 26 August 2020. Sindh provincial government declared an emergency after heavy monsoon rain flooded several areas of Karachi causing traffic jams and power outages. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People sit atop a bus roof while others wade through the flooded road during monsoon rain, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan on August 27, 2020. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A Shiite Muslim devotees chants slogan after prayers during an Ashura procession, in Rawalpindi on August 30, 2020. (Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP Photo)





People watch the Rawal Dam after the spillway opened due to heavy monsoon rains, in Islamabad on August 31, 2020. More than 100 Pakistanis died in August because of the monsoon, which has also destroyed more than 1,000 homes. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





A man carries goods as he wades through flooded street after heavy monsoon rains, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Pakistan's military said it will deploy rescue helicopters to Karachi to transport some 200 families to safety after canal waters flooded the city amid monsoon rains. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Local residents carry salvaged belongings as they wade through a flooded area during a heavy monsoon rain in Yar Mohammad village near Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, August 27, 2020. Pakistan's military said it will deploy rescue helicopters to Karachi to transport some 200 families to safety after canal waters flooded the city amid monsoon rains. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





A man reacts while having a nasal swab sample taken at a testing and screening facility for the coronavirus, in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, August 21, 2020. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)