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(2 mins read) A few weeks ago, one of the most famous religious scholar, Maulana Tariq Jamil was again in news. During the PM Imran Khan’s live telethon on the national television, he had held women of Pakistan responsible for the corona-virus pandemic. This invited a great wave of outrage a cross Pakistan.  It’s not the first time that Tariq Jamil(or any orthodox religious leader for that matter) has blamed the women for bringing in a disaster. Earlier women were responsible for earthquakes and now a pandemic.  Their version of religion starts and ends on women’s bodies but sometimes it serves as a mirror when you realize how women’s bodies have historically been used as a political tool against a whole segment of society.  When Tariq Jamil or any religious/political leader calls women the nation’s daughters and puts the burden of modesty on their shoulders, it’s a reminder that the state has created an idea of womanhood and failing to adhere to that will resul...

(2 mins read) There are a lot of reasons that are cause of major stress all around the world like misinformation about the virus on the internet, rise in the number of cases, changes in our lifestyle, staying home alone, social distancing and many more. If we try to list down the causes there will be huge list of the stressors because of COVID-19. All of the us are focused on erasing the virus and we are not seeing how it’s affecting the mental health of the people. Everyone has a fear of going out in public and getting exposed to the virus. Once the virus is eradicated from the world the new problem is of the psychological issues that people are going to face. As all of the governments have ordered their people to stay at home and stay in isolation is going to affect the mental health of the people a lot. Longer periods of physical isolation, especially if experienced as involuntary, without an adequate and convincing explanation, or accompanied by financial losses can c...

(2 min read)          Tips for self quarantine Due to corona virus outbreak people are staying at home, isolating themselves or are in quarantine. Experts say that the policy is about physical distancing, not emotional distancing, so you can stay connected even if you're self isolating yourself. This is 21 st century a world full of technological advancements. Isolation can make us feel depressed, create anxiety, it can also increase the risk of health problems such as heart disease, and make stress and uncertainty harder to handle ( source: Antioxidants and redox signaling ) as corona-virus makes the isolation already faced by elderly much worse, in our society most of the elders do not understand technology that much as the younger people, making isolation harder for themselves, so here are some tips to stay connected: ·        Support the elderly: Many places are organizing ways to get involved (Source:   C...

(2 mins read) This year the corona virus started to spread in china. The origins of the virus come from the city of china called Wuhan. In the start people were not taking in seriously and it started of affect people in an exponential rate.   There are now almost 314,097 cases of corona all around the world. It caused around 13,566 deaths till now and only 95,874 people have recovered from the virus. If we see the growth of the spread it’s increasing day by day. More and more people are getting infected from the virus. China had the most cases in the start but now the rate by which Italy is getting infected is getting higher. China, Italy and Iran have the greatest number of cases. A week ago, Pakistan had 25 or 26 cases and now number of people infected by corona-virus are 645. We can see the way virus is spreading around the country. How COVID-19 spreads 1.       Person to person spread: This virus usually spreads person to person. It is sp...