The danger of not extending the lockdown
By Omar R Quraishi The anti-lockdown lobby is led by the Prime Minister himself – he has repeatedly said that he is against a nationwide lockdown because that would, according to him, kill more people from poverty than the coronavirus itself. In fact, in a special short address in English addressed to the rest of the world, the PM said that like other countries, Pakistan was trying to contain the spread of the coronavirus and manage the economic impact of the disease, but its biggest challenge was to prevent people dying from hunger in Pakistan. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan -- File photo At the same time, as recently as April 8, the PM has said: It is a misconception that this pandemic is spreading slowly in the country as the number of our deaths has been low so far and it will not spread rapidly; it will become worse in the days to come. The question is that does he really expect people, who routinely flout lockdown orders and consider it to be a ho