A recipe for disaster
The recent decision of the federal government to ease restrictions in the lockdown could lead to catastrophic consequences. It may cause a phenomenal surge in the number of Covid-19 cases…
Duel till death
Over 14,000 people are infected with Covid-19 in the country. The number continues to rise by the day, even the hour, proving true predictions that the last weeks of April…
Science versus dogma
There was this front-page photograph, published on Friday, in which a member of the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is looking through a very large telescope at dusk on Thursday in Karachi. This…
Tough decisions
The world is confronted with not just one but two diseases at the moment. One is caused by an obscure phantom-like virus, while the other is a brazen disregard for…
Procedures for policing
Whether there is a ‘strict’ lockdown or a ‘relaxed’ one, there is a need for clearly outlined standard operating procedures for law enforcement personnel enforcing either version of the lockdown.…
Food: security and safety
The only explanation that one can come up with for 2.5 million – and counting – cases of Cocid-19 worldwide, and for the loss of more than 170,000 (plus) precious…
The half-quarantine policy
The PTI government is facing hard choices at the moment. The half-measures or half-quarantine policy has led us to this situation. We lost precious time in the confusion over whether…
What to do when you don’t know the answer
The novel coronavirus confronts Pakistan with an enormous crisis. Like many other countries, we are caught between two evils: the only apparent way we have to deal with the coronavirus…
A sustainable lockdown strategy
The coronavirus pandemic is the gravest crisis Pakistan has faced. The virus is spreading exponentially worldwide, and once it infects the chances of serious illness and even death are quite…
Social security for all
The federal government has extended the restrictions imposed in the country till April 14. This decision was taken in the meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC). The NCC will…
