Abstract
Security, in non-traditional sense, is inclusive and comprehensive
concept that covers various facets of human life including public health. But
South Asian security agenda has always been dominated by a traditional and
state-centric approach, leaving little or no space for non-traditional security
issues including but not limited to environmental degradation, repression, hunger
and disease. Pakistan is no exception where health security or public health has
always remained on the margins of the country’s overall security agenda.
Therefore, Pakistan was caught off-guard and ill-prepared when Covid-19 struck
the country in February 2020. The current paper seeks to document the impact of
Covid-19 on Pakistan’s various security sectors including economic,
environmental, societal, and conventional security, government’s response and
outcomes. The paper concludes economic fallout caused by corona virus could
potentially hit the sectarian and ethnic fault lines of the country hence restricting
Pakistan’s conventional options to respond to Indian belligerence during the
pandemic. Since pandemics know no boundaries, a joint Indo-Pak cooperative
approach on dealing with non-traditional security threats such as Covid-19 will
offer a rare window of opportunity to partner in a noble cause to protect billions
of South Asians against the modern plague.
Dr. Khuram Iqbal, Muneeb Salman. (2020) Impacts Of Covid-19 On Comprehensive Security In Pakistan, Journal of Political Science, Volume, Issue-1.
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