• The SNC lacks a visible implementation plan, say critics, incongruent with the diverse cognitive & linguistic ground realities of Pakistan • A democratic & diverse committee of 400 experts was formed from all over Pakistan in collaboration with AKU Institute of Education & Cambridge to establish umbrella learning objectives for all students in Pakistan, respond authorities • Formal vocational programs to be institutionalized at the elementary level to pull children to school, experts advise

• Only 2 designated provincial labs are predominantly responsible for testing, private labs conducting next to nil tests
• While deaths were widely underreported in May and June, presently the tally is reflective of on-ground realities, says Dr. Tariq Marri

• Pakistan has been recognised as one of the countries with a declining rate of COVID-19 spread
• A huge wave is behind us, whether that was the only one time will tell

• Pakistan has been ranked among those with the lowest reproductive rate of the virus globally.