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...
Opinion
Parliament and the Pandemic
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: April 6, 2020
As global coronavirus cases passed the million mark on Thursday, the world struggles to cope with containment and mitigation without any roadmaps for such a pandemic. With the situation in...
Opinion
Will the Pandemic Bring Peace?
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: April 4, 2020
A global pandemic that moves with lightning speed to spread its deadly payload across borders, communities and class, demands a reconsideration at many levels. Even as we struggle to shape...
Policy Brief
India, Pakistan and the Pandemic: Community of Shared Future?
by: Haroon Sharif
Date: March 31, 2020
India, Pakistan and the Pandemic: Community of Shared Future? Abstract Crises are often the crucible for old challenges to be addressed in new ways. The COVID-19 pandemic may just force...
Opinion
Lockdown? Pakistan Not Convinced
by: Mariam Bokhari & Ayesha Mushtaq
Date: March 22, 2020
When a global pandemic burns through a country it first tests both its leadership as well as its national public resolve. In Pakistan much more is being tested, including the...
