COVID-19
Lockdown Paradox
by: Safiya Aftab
Date: May 7, 2020
Social Protection and COVID-19 Introduction As of end April 2020, Pakistan has more than 16,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and over 350 deaths.1 As this human tragedy unfolds, more material...
COVID-19
Lockdown Paradox
by: Asad Sayeed
Date: May 6, 2020
Economic Dynamics and Resource Envelopes Like many other countries, Pakistan continues to debate the trade-off between lives and livelihoods in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Much of this debate,...
COVID-19
Lockdown Paradox
by: Sakib Sherani
Date: May 4, 2020
Hard Choices Only The challenge thrown up by Covid-19 to lives and livelihoods is among the most serious facing Pakistan in recent times. While the country has experienced colossal natural...
COVID-19
Lockdown Paradox
by: S. Akbar Zaidi
Date: April 30, 2020
Killing the Virus and Saving the Economy The trade-off being presented of saving lives through a lockdown to eliminate the coronavirus and killing the poor on account of the closure...
COVID-19
Lockdown Paradox
by: Abid Hasan
Date: April 27, 2020
Expand Ehsaas, Extend Lockdown Pakistan’s health crisis could explode, gravely crippling the economy and national security, if the lockdown is lifted prematurely. The whole world is grappling with the lives...
COVID-19
Lockdown Paradox
by: Haris Gazdar
Date: April 25, 2020
Analytics or Values Is there a trade-off between saving lives and saving livelihoods? Individuals make decisions about this more often than they might notice. There are too many hazardous occupations...
Special Feature | COVID-19
Health Advisory for Pakistan During COVID-19: Reducing Transmission of COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings
by: Dr. Hasan Naveed, Professor Christopher Liu
Date: April 17, 2020
Protecting healthcare workers and patients Advice to hospitals in Pakistan SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus, is highly efficient in person-to-person transmission, and for a relatively low infective dose. It spreads by...
Troubling Times
Date: February 6, 2020
16 Days of Activism
Date: November 25, 2019
Asia Advisory
The Turkish Skirmish
by: Muhammad Amir Khan
Date: October 22, 2019
The Latest Turkey’s military operation in Syria came to a 120-hour pause after US Vice President Mike Pence, visited Ankara to discuss the ceasefire in a meeting with President Erdogan....
