Democratic Deficits of COVID-19 Crisis in Pakistan Federal, Regional and Local Response and Coordination Syed, Shaheera Author aut Tariq-Ali, Nadia Author aut Text xx# 2021 Verfassungsblog 2021-04-09 eng
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 The ‘lives versus livelihood’ conundrum in Pakistan is emblematic of the difficulties that accompany the balancing of conflicting rights in transitioning democracies. From testing the ability of various tiers of the government machinery to work together to keeping the economy afloat as the country faced lockdowns, Pakistan deeply felt the onset of the burden of disease. The country’s journey through the pandemic was shrouded in deep political contestations over power struggle between the provinces and the centre. As the crisis deepened in mid-2020, the social policies for pandemic response became the site for centralising authority; where trade-offs were made between fundamental rights and well-being of citizens to draw political mileage and cementing the narrative of the centre. CC BY-SA 4.0 Syed, Shaheera funded by the government COVID 19 Pakistan 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/democratic-deficits-of-covid-19-crisis-in-pakistan/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20210409-101147-0 210409 10.17176/20210409-101147-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)