Covid-19 and unanimity.

Byline: Zainab H. Sadriwala - Karachi

THIS is apropos Fahd Husain's article 'In Pakistan lockdown eases - fear doesn't' (May 9). I think it is an understatement that policy is driving the data. It seems that every minister in the state has their own policy which has to match the data.

It is quite unnerving to know for a moment that the lockdown has been eased by the government and at the same time the cases of coronavirus have shown an escalating trend countrywide.

Currently, the new fad term 'smart lockdown' seems part of the jargon of the day and age to define utter confusion which actually seems to mean 'subject to your own senses: make a wise decision'. Whatever sensibility and wisdom an individual carries is again subjective to his own responsibility and understanding of the given standard operating procedures. So all in all, every individual citizen is doing as things make sense to them.

However, the SOPs are not being totally ignored as there are people who are trying to follow them in letter and in spirit in order to earn a day's living. But that situation is also subject to a person's...

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