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....
Asia Advisory
Trade and Tribulations
by: Arsalaan Nazir
Date: September 25, 2019
Are the United States and China engaged in a cold war lite? The shift in US-China relations towards contestation, rather than cooperation, has expanded. Many within the US administration increasingly...
Second Opinion
A Deal Too Far?
Date: September 19, 2019
After months of speculation about an impending peace deal between the US and the Taliban, the failure of the Trump administration to clinch a hard fought negotiated settlement has thrown...
Asia Advisory
Indo-Pak Tensions Cloud SCO Moot
Date: June 17, 2019
Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries, including India and Pakistan, met in Bishkek for the 19th Leaders’ Summit on Friday. Despite speculation around the possibility of a more...