This concert was being held some days after the Islamabad administration imposed new Covid-19 restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus amid a fresh wave. The question then was: who allowed the concert in the Convention Centre and why has no action been taken so far by the Islamabad administration against this? In the meantime, the attention of our federal cabinet focused on changing the anti-Covid-19 slogan ‘Corona se darna nahin larna hai’ – i.e. don’t be afraid of corona, fight it – after a recommendation from the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) against it. Like Opinion & Editorial on Facebook, follow @ETOpEd on Twitter to receive all updates on all our daily pieces.

Source: The Express Tribune March 22, 2021 03:56 UTC