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Smart Lockdown

ONE can see a heavy rush of people at shops between 8am and 5pm during the  lockdown . This results is lack of social distancing, which is necessary to stop the spread ofcoronavirus. Moreover, now we have  Ramazan , and people feel more difficulty in coping with their daily needs unlike normal days during this short span of time for shopping. People tend to rush to buy grocery and other stuff when the shops are about to close in the evening. The  Sindh governmen t should extend the time for opening grocery shops, or at least allow them to reopen for two hours af ter If tar so that people may buy things with ease without having to rush and getting infected with the virus owing to crowded shops. Shahana Inayat Karachi Resources From Dawn News

DESPERATE POVERTY

Poverty Desperate A WEEK prior, Mirpurkhas-local Ahsan Jarwar was discovered hanging from a roof inside his home. As per occupants, the deceased father of six had been confronting extraordinary strain to make a decent living and accommodate his family. Under the heaviness of his conditions, combined with misery, Jarwar ended his own life. While we can't state with assurance what was experiencing his brain in his last hours, this is a natural disaster that we catch wind of again and again: urgent neediness savagely holds onto the lives, jobs and mental prosperity of innumerable residents. Almost a fourth of Pakistan's population lives beneath the poverty line, while a large number of others stand hazardously on the edge. For quite a long time, progressive governments have neglected to manufacture better wellbeing foundations or guarantee more noteworthy social assurance measures for the most defenseless gatherings. Presently, amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic, mon...