The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has listed Pakistan among the countries which would be the worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic, demanding efforts for their relief. In a new report, the UN ...
That was the week that was. The strangest week of our lives. I try and stay positive wherever possible, but the first week of lockdown has, to paraphrase David Bowie, forced us to turn and face ...
The novel COVID-19 has taken charge of Pakistan in a manner that has frightened masses. Pakistan stood at more than 50 cases of the virus on Sunday, March 15 and we have since been witnessing ...
Abdul Qayyum Kundi writes about World Health Organisation (WHO)’s role in containing the outbreak of coronavirus across the world. I am generally critical of the UN as an ineffective body that has failed to deliver ...
Umer Farooq argues that Pakistan is completely clueless as to how to deal with the coronavirus emergency. The structures—military, political, social and economic—we built over the years to deal with threats emanating from rival human ...
Aisha Sarwari argues that the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately affects women because they have terrible low economic and social status. As the deadly virus is killing away people at shocking rates, Pakistan’s men are slowly figuring ...
Umer Farooq writes about Punjab’s young doctors refusal to treat coronavirus patients due to lack of protective gear and says we need to realise that they are as human as anybody else. Instead of criticising ...
As the country remains on Coronavirus alert, citizens wanting to get their tests done are sharing their stories of being turned away by staffs at the hospitals. Pakistan’s healthcare system has time and again proven ...
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