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Public Opinion on the Government and Community Responses to Covid-19 Pandemic in Pakistan

. Dr. Maryam Azam Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan


Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has major implications on the nature of governance and public responses to deal with the crisis. Till the writing of this article, reportedly more than twenty-nine thousand Pakistani citizens have lost their lives due to covid-19. These cases only include the reported patients. As it is observed that a proportionate number of Covid-19 patients are also unreported in Pakistan. This study intends to analyze the public opinion on the government and community responses in dealing with Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan. Convenience sampling was used through an electronic questionnaire. A sample of 200 male and female population was taken from the youth and middle age groups ranging from 20-45 years. It is being observed that most of the population is satisfied over the government response strategies to deal with the Covid-19 other than the issue of economic uncertainty whereas the majority of the opinion showed dissatisfaction over the community response to the pandemic situation in Pakistan.

Keywords: Covid-19, Pakistan, Pandemic, Government, Community responses

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