Policy Brief
Farthest Field: Women and COVID-19
by: Farzana Bari, Sara Malkani
Date: June 1, 2020
Gender and COVID-19 by Dr. Farzana Bari Heralded as the greatest equaliser of our times, the coronavirus pandemic was expected to blur boundaries of class, race, and gender, and become...
Opinion
Ripple Effects of a Changing Oil Market
by: Saad Rajput
Date: May 11, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused some bizarre distortions in markets across the globe. One such aberration occurred on 20th April, when the price of a barrel of WTI crude –...
Opinion
Will Covid-19 Reshape Afghan Peace?
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: May 10, 2020
Pandemics have a way of sharpening existing social trends and political faultlines. As the Covid-19 virus sows its deadly harvest both in Pakistan and South-Central Asia, the prospect of renewed...
Opinion
Democracy and the Pandemic
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: May 7, 2020
Pakistan still has a long way to go in the fight against Covid-19, with almost 20,000 confirmed cases, and doctors and hospitals facing a harrowing shortage of testing kits and...
Policy Brief
Social Protection and COVID-19
by: Safiya Aftab
Date: May 5, 2020
Introduction As of end April 2020, Pakistan has more than 16,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and over 350 deaths.[i] As this human tragedy unfolds, more material concerns are also being...
Opinion
Labour Interrupted
by: Mariam Bokhari
Date: May 1, 2020
Perhaps no one has featured as prominently in the Prime Ministers frequent addresses to the nation since March as daily wagers. The precarious condition daily wagers find themselves in has...
Policy Brief
Love in the Time of Corona: A Time to Build South Asian Cooperation
by: Nazish Afraz
Date: April 29, 2020
“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and...
Opinion
Dear World, How is the Lockdown?’ Kashmir.
by: Victoria Schofield
Date: April 28, 2020
A year ago I was in the Valley of Kashmir. Although much had changed since my last visit, with new houses under construction, some roads repaired, there was still the...
Opinion
The Future of Global Governance
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: April 21, 2020
As the death toll from Covid-19 mounts, disrupting lives, livelihoods and much of the free market, global leadership is in short supply. This is clear from America’s intention to suspend...
Policy Brief
Parliament and the Pandemic
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: April 20, 2020
Introduction Parliament’s role in managing, scrutinizing and leading Pakistan’s fight against COVID-19 and its potential dangers is critical to coherent outcomes. With the situation in Pakistan still at a stage...
