Facing multiple problems because of COVID-19 complicating both Ramadan and the normal hot weather turning into a heat wave, Pakistan cannot forget that it is in deep trouble because of the already stricken economy which will keep deteriorating as unemployment increases dramatically with the closing of industrial, commercial and services businesses.
Read More »How COVID-19 Exposed America’s Vulnerabilities
COVID19 has exposed the inner weaknesses and contradictions of the US like never before; It spends hundred of billions of dollars on lethal armaments but has not enough COVID19 testing kits, ventilators, and hospital beds, says Barnett Rubin.
Read More »Checking Blood for Coronavirus Antibodies – 3 Key Questions Answered
After your body fights off an infection, antibodies remain in your blood. Two researchers explain how tests identify these antibodies and what the data can be used for.
Read More »Why Pakistan Must Punish Key Players of its Sugar and Wheat Crisis
Prime Minister Imran Khan must hold people involved in wheat and sugar scandal accountable. The culprits are members of the ruling party or its coalition partners, because their monetary gains aside, these people have harmed their own government and party politically, argues one analyst.
Read More »Muslim Women Covering Faces Find Greater Acceptance Among Coronavirus Masks
Many people unused to wearing masks find it difficult to convey emotions or pick up on social cues. But niqab-wearing women know that face coverings don’t prevent effective communication.
Read More »Pakistan: Khan’s Advisor Conundrum
One of the central problems of Imran Khan’s government is the quality and commitment of his range of advisers, not only for day-to-day politics but for both aside short and long-term decision-making process.
Read More »Coronavirus: Developing economies are getting crushed
This is an unprecedented global crisis of truly historic proportions, and it is not hyperbolic to say that the decisions that must be taken in the next weeks literally hold millions of lives in the balance. If the rich countries thought they only needed to worry about themselves, they should think again.
Read More »Pakistan – At the Mercy of Cartels and SROs
Big businesses usually rely on direct dealing with lynchpins in Pakistan's important ministries as well as those who are key to decision-making. And the most common tool for extracting benefits is Statutory Regulatory Order.
Read More »Feudal Class Manipulating Pakistan’s Agriculture Production
To provide for sustainability in agriculture Pakistan cannot be “locked” down. Farmers have to be able to sow and plant, water the fields and bring in the harvest. Any disruption of food supply lines would cause hardships to the most vulnerable part of the population and reinforce already present malnutrition.
Read More »Climate Change, Deforestation, Cripple Pakistan’s Honey Exports
Farmers and exporters suffer huge losses, as beri honey production drops due to habitat loss, erratic weather and mismanagement.
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