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A REVIEW OF COVID19 PANDEMIC AND PAKISTAN PUBLIC SOCIAL SECTOR SERVICES COMBATING CAPACITY

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-II).22      10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-II).22      Published : Jun 2022

A Review of COVID-19 Pandemic and Pakistan Public Social Sector Services Combating Capacity

Abstract

    This paper was designed to evaluate the public social sector services of Pakistan combating capacity with the COVID-19 pandemic. In disasters and pandemics, the role of the stable and well-functional public social sector is of high importance and consequently, such systems could effectively decrease the aggravation of pandemics and disasters. Research findings observed that COVID-19 is a lethal unprecedented pandemic, that has challenged the social sector globally, particularly in developing countries. The findings of the study further revealed that Pakistan is also a developing country with a vulnerable social sector services system. Pakistan invests only 3.1 per cent of its total GDP in the social sector, far less than the average 4.5 per cent investment of contemporary developing countries in the sector. The worse is that a substantial breach between allocation and utilization has been observed. research study observed that vulnerable healthcare services, low-quality education, contaminated drinking water, poor sanitation and lingering poverty are the products of the neglected public social sector. Therefore on the bases of the findings of the study, it has been concluded that the combating capacity of fractured social sector services of Pakistan against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic is beyond its capacity.

    COVID-19, Pandemic, Social Sector Services, Fragile, Malfunction

    (1) Bahadar Sher
    PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Usman Ghani
    BS Sociology, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Dilkash Sapna
    Lecturer, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, KP, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Sher, Bahadar, Usman Ghani, and Dilkash Sapna. "A Review of COVID-19 Pandemic and Pakistan Public Social Sector Services Combating Capacity." Global Sociological Review VII, no. II (2022): 208-216 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-II).22