opinion
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Covid-19: logistics and supply chains
Mosharraf Zaidi
A unique and terrifying moment in modern history is unfolding before us, every day. The escalation in the number of cases in Pakistan, despite extremely low testing rates across the country, portend...
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Corona and the clergy
Abdul Sattar
The history of the clergy classes of the world is replete with idiosyncrasies. Its retrogressive policies and obscurantist approaches towards social issues has always proved that this class is...
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Disease in detention
Rabiya Javeri Agha
For many in Pakistan, social distancing is simply not an option. For the poor and destitute living in congested quarters in urban slums, life is an endless struggle against hunger and failing...
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A pandemic strategy
Nadeem Iqbal
The existing federal and provincial policy frameworks regarding disaster management and epidemic diseases fell flat on the face of the severity of Covid-19, forcing the federal government to make...
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Change is inevitable
Hussain Durrani
Yes, I’ll dare say it out loud. Why now, one might ask? Well, the answer to that is simple: not just the economy but humanity is at stake in Pakistan. The magnitude of governmental incompetence is...
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Wake-up call
David Korten
The rapid spread of novel coronavirus has prompted government, business, and civil society to take dramatic action -- canceling events large and small, restricting travel, and shutting down major...