COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS POLITICAL ECONOMIC IMPLICATION IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

A terrible pandemic called COVID-19 has significantly altered the global situation. It spread from one person to another, affecting millions of individuals, until it reached every part of the world. Pakistan is one of the nations that are reportedly impacted by the deadly sickness known as Covid-19. Every institution of the Pakistani government, which already suffered from institutional weakness and volatility, was severely afflicted by this sickness. The Covid-19 has an impact on many facets of human life and society. The goal of the current study is to determine how Pakistan would be affected politically and economically by this epidemic. This investigation is qualitative in style. The full material is collected using a variety of techniques. Information is gathered using data gathered from a variety of sources, including both primary and secondary sources. Newspapers, Covid-19 articles, various journals, research theses, newspaper editorials, Covid-19 government reports, and various websites are also used in data collection projects. The government of Pakistan has also declared numerous packages and relief monies for the populace as well as for managing the crisis, but due to the country's weak economy, dire health state, and lack of social security, the situation for the populace has gotten worse and they are still suffering from the epidemic. The government's efforts to contain the pandemic have proven ineffective and unresponsive to the needs of the populace. According to the study's findings, the lack of adequate health facilities, a lack of correlating recognition, a fall in annual productivity, a low GDP growth rate, and a poor economic climate will make the pandemic era more difficult to manage. The study recommended coordinating efforts to manage this lethal infection and lessen the likelihood of unfavorable assumptions in the future.