nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210409-101147-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210409s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210409-101147-0 doi eng 342 23 Syed, Shaheera Author aut Democratic Deficits of COVID-19 Crisis in Pakistan - Federal, Regional and Local Response and Coordination Syed, Shaheera Verfassungsblog 2021-04-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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 COVID 19 Pakistan Tariq-Ali, Nadia Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/democratic-deficits-of-covid-19-crisis-in-pakistan/ raw object