Corona se darna naheen larrna hai (Coronavirus is not to be feared, it is to be fought), exhorts a mellifluous feminine voice on the universal mobile ringtone in Pakistan these days. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister of Punjab announced a Shaheed (martyr package for professionals ‘fighting’ Covid19, as the PML-N just below the headline declared, ‘Tiger […]
Using SEIR, a compartmental technique for epidemic analysis, researchers Nimra Hayat Nauraiz, and Ahmed Nauraiz Rana predict that by mid-May, 31.3 million (14% of the entire population) could contract the COVD-19 virus if effective mitigation and containment are not done. Urgent action is required in the coming weeks to bolster public health measures including distancing and […]
287SharesWhere the Coronavirus has in just a few weeks destroyed life as we knew it, brought the world to its knees, ushering in what can only be called the “real” and new world order, it has also fully exposed the dismal understanding of religion in Pakistan. The shocking state of ignorance of basic Islamic tenets, […]