Never Give In..By: Syed Haider Raza Mehdi on April 4, 2020To paraphrase Churchill. We shall fight this virus till we win.. we shall fight it in our homes, in our factories, in our shops and in our hospitals. We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength. We shall provide for all our people, young and old, poor and rich, whatever the cost may be. […]
PaedophiliaBy: Syed I Husain on April 4, 2020On December 31 of last year, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization of an outbreak of coronavirus causing severe illness, which was subsequently named SARS-CoV-2. As of April 01, 2020, nearly 874,560 COVID-19 cases have been documented, although many more mild cases have likely gone undiagnosed. The virus has killed over 43,428 people. Shortly […]
Bhutto: Drinking Goblet Of EternityBy: Barrister Mian Aamir Hassan on April 4, 2020Longevity of life undoubtedly lies in dying for a cause rather than to lead a life under the lurking fear of death. The former is, of course, a blessing while the latter is nothing short of a curse. Since the day first, mortal man has been running after immortality. However, determining a way, out of […]
The 4th April — A black day in the post-Jinnah PakistanBy: M Alam Brohi on April 4, 2020We joined the Civil Service Academy on 29 March 1979 – just a few days before the execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto which cast a pall of gloom on the premises and drove home the severity of the tyranny unleashed by the military regime to this odd crowd of over hundred funny, merry, serene, resolute, […]
Will Convalescent Plasma Subdue Covid-19?By: Muhammad Zeeshan Mughal on April 4, 2020Medical scientists are ready to shot into the dark through holding clinical trials of injecting blood plasma of Corona survivors into Covid-19 active affected patients. Convalescent Plasma is an existing agent of blood comprising and consisting antibodies. Peering into the near past, this method was administered and turned up as a helpful agent to treat […]
Our Media Freedom “A Clear and Present Danger”By: Ikram Sehgal on April 3, 2020The medium of modern Communications are television, Internet, cinema, newspapers, radio, magazines and social media. Having become the basic needs of any society, they facilitates exchange of information, organizing of daily lives, economy, culture and developing of ideas. The tools of mass communication are a means to transmit information and opinion, to entertain, teach and […]
Dealing with COVID-19 the Pakistani style!By: Yasmeen Aftab Ali on April 3, 2020As COVID-19 spreads, speculation is that the virus at the pyramid base is expending though going unreported to stem panic. As per information that nonetheless trickles through, some sources of the outbreak are being pin-pointed. The Zaireen returning from Iran, were quarantined at D. G Khan. Also reportedly in Sukkur. Screening of the patients here […]
Covid-19: amid geopolitical warfare, South faces economic blowsBy: Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi on April 3, 2020Nothing seems more clear, permanent and transparent in terms of the geopolitical and geoeconomic interplay of power dynamics as this world faces today. Global Media is honeycombed with stories, analyses, forecasts and conspiracy theories amid the growing and scowling daggers posed to us via this evil pandemic -Covid-19. Truly, every global event has a cause […]
National Security, Crona And The Shackled LeviathanBy: Abid Latif Sindhu on April 3, 2020As the Chinese curse has it, people are living in interesting times. Sometimes books are so intuitive that one feels like experiencing extra sensory perceptions. Albert Camus wrote “Plaque”, Gabriel Marquez authored, “love in the time of cholera “and “hundred years of solitude”, George Orwell wrote “1984”, Daron Acemoglu wrote “the narrow corridor”. The strange […]
Understanding Pakistan’s Covid 19 options and timelinesBy: Habibullah Khan on April 2, 2020Everywhere in world when Covid 19 hits people in power say “We should have acted earlier”. However before the virus hits a nation the general sentiment of leadership is “We dont have to act now. It will be managed”. Even the greatest economy in the world the United States which had more time to prepare […]