Last month, the PM Imran Khan announced the country’s biggest emergency cash program, with a value of Rs 144bn, to disburse Rs 12,000 to approx. 12m beneficiaries. The World Bank has praised the PTI government’s EHSAAS welfare program, and its effectiveness in providing aid under the critical threat environment formed by the sharp spike in…
Pakistan is passing through the most critical time in history due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). During the past few months, the government has decided to invest its full potential to fight with this health challenge. The outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan city and its spread outside of China has posed a serious…
Abstract The course of bioscience has taken the whole world by surprise particularly in the aftermath of COVID-19 conspiracy theories. The pandemic is real though, what made us skeptical is about its origin. Is the virus byproduct of bioscience experimentation or is the world facing another natural outbreak? From scientific explanations to propaganda warfare, the…
After more than a quarter of a year, the global pandemic continues with little indication that the threat from the very efficient and deadly virus is diminishing. To a large extent, the novel virus remains a mystery with increasing hope being placed on deployment of a vaccine, which according to the most optimistic estimates is…
Introduction The root cause of evil in our society like religious intolerance, extremism, social, moral, economic, political misconduct, polytheistic rituals and many other problems is due to the abandonment of the Qur’an.[1] Bad practices are spreading rapidly in our society without any check while many of the Ulema, (religious scholars) instead of playing their pivotal…
Lieutenant General B.S. Raju heads the 15th Corps of the Indian Army this formation is responsible for security along the Line of Control (LOC and operations inside) Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In the interview with BBC Hindi on April 15, Raju said that the Indian Army had “received intelligence inputs that Pakistan is pushing a…
The rapid spread of the coronavirus over the past few weeks has forced most governments to lockdown on day-to-day public life. Globally, the only things spreading faster than the virus is fear itself and the use of digital services. In a way, the virus and screen time going out of control together. Around the world,…
Sesame Street is a children’s educational programme and has served generations. One of the most famous Muppets on this long running show is the Cookie Monster who is best known for its voracious appetite and for eating almost anything, including inedible objects! After finishing off everything, it still wants more. Thus, if you give a…
Human spirits never die. Most recently on April 4 2020 the Chinese government observed national day of mourning which was a vivid reflection of its holistic policies towards economics of humanity. Economics of humanity has multiplier effects which pay back its unlimited dividends for centuries to come. It also upheld the philosophy of Confucius which emphasized correlation…
1. PROLOGUE 1.1 Nature of Coronavirus-19 Generally speaking the virus is a non-cellular microorganism. It contains genetic substance (DNA or RNA). A virus particle is surrounded by protein coating. Coronavirus is a family of viruses. It is crown like in shape and varies in characteristics from region to region. It is one of the fastest proliferating viruses….
