opinion
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What is our strategy?
Babar Sattar
What is Prime Minister Imran Khan’s strategy to fight the coronavirus other than relying on the miracle that our genes might somehow be less susceptible or that the virus will die out as mercury...
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Income support and Covid-19 lockdown: Part - II
Mosharraf Zaidi
Now that the lockdown, by any other name, has been announced. It is even more important to design an income support instrument that we think of as much more than just a stand-alone intervention. The...
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Meeting the challenge
Farhan Bokhari
Pakistan’s success in meeting the challenge posed by the Corona virus crisis is set to shape the country’s future and define its position in the global community.In the past fortnight since the...
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The Covid-19 life
Abdul Basit
Since the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent war on terror, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus is the second most consequential development of the 21st century.It is drastically changing...
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Critical tasks
Dr Habib Hussain
Last year, I was invited to attend the First Military Health Security Summit held in Sydney, Australia. It was jointly organized by the US and Australian armies and focused on the role the military...
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Movements
Donatella Della Porta
Times of pandemic bring big challenges for the activists of progressive social movements. They are not a time for street activism or politics in the squares.Freedoms are restricted, social...