My lifelong fascination with politics is deeply interconnected with my unchangeable belief: political leaders, through their intention, vison, sagacity and action have the facility to vary the destiny of a rustic , in every way. Notwithstanding the certain flaws of their character, as a Pakistani who has unabashed love for her country, and as a person’s being who observes and cares about every little thing happening in her country, i think that if they need three qualities, they need my trust. And my vote. I became a PTI supporter from a cautious sceptic in 2011. I didn’t think PTI had a really bright future. All I focused on were three qualities of Imran Khan, which despite his much-discussed few imperfections made him the leader I could trust Pakistan’s future with:

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Imran Khan is sincere to the purpose of being an idealist to the wellbeing of Pakistan and Pakistanis.

Imran Khan is financially incorruptible.

Imran Khan’s empathetic of the pain of the underprivileged, making him unique within the world of politics where self-preservation and self-advancement are always paramount.

As long as Imran Khan is these three things, he’s my leader.

On April 9, Prime Minister Khan tweeted: “Today saw the launch of the most important cash distribution by any govt in Pak’s history, on to the foremost vulnerable & needy citizens in our society. this is often an excellent achievement of our govt to transfer cash to the needy in our society on such a huge scale across the country. Rs 144 billion are going to be distributed amongst 12 million families over subsequent fortnight .”

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The biggest cash distribution program within the history of Pakistan is that the Ehsaas Emergency Cash program. Ehsaas is Khan’s government’s “biggest and boldest program ever launched in Pakistan to uplift marginalised people.”

Under the impeccable supervision of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr Sania Nishtar, government of Pakistan’s Rs 150 billion social protection plan will help 12 million families. The raison d’être of the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program, consistent with Dr Nishtar, is “to provide social protection to quite 12 million deserving families suffering from economic downturn thanks to COVID-19.”

Through regular interactions with members of the affected segments of society, and updates via videos and tweets, Dr Nishtar’s current work is concentrated on providing comprehensive information about the relief program and ensuring its glitch-free implementation. Using NADRA’s database, identification of welfare-eligible families has been done; contact has been made through SMS. In Pakistan where the bulk of the people lack access or knowledge of banking processes and technology-assisted transactions, making a system that’s easy to avail isn’t an easy process. an outsized number of Pakistanis, already conversant in the web transaction processes of Easy Paisa and JazzCash, with adequate guidance, are and can be ready to enjoy the Ehsaas relief program.

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A significant step to make sure sustainable delivery of money for 12 million families to “buy rations in order that they don’t go hungry” is that the reorganisation of the district system to avoid mismanagement. Fear of overcrowded-ness at counters of 18,000 branches of banks assigned to reimburse funds is another issue that has got to not be allowed to become an obstacle in providing relief to people within the time of COVID-19.

Social and physical distancing is that the fundamental safeguard against coronavirus; establishing that actually and fully may be a herculean task during a developing country like Pakistan where the fabric status of many people makes distancing and remaining indoors for long periods a physical impossibility. it’s an agonising reality of Pakistan that Prime Minister Khan highlighted, with pain, in one among his coronavirus awareness and prevention speeches to the state in March.

Dr Nishtar and her team, under the constant supervision of Prime Minister Khan, do their best to form Ehsaas the temporary relief many Pakistanis need as they lose their daily or monthly livelihoods thanks to the horrific reality of the continued pandemic.

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On April 11, the entire number of reported coronavirus cases in Pakistan is 4, 788. the amount of recovered patients is 762. the amount of these who didn’t survive is 72. it’s painful to read these numbers. To the prime minister of Pakistan, these aren’t mere numbers. To him, they’re Pakistanis who are suffering, who lost their lives, whose families weren’t with them once they died, whose loved ones will mourn them for forever.

Prime Minister Khan’s April 2020 Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program during a cash-strapped Pakistan is simply an extension of his decades’ long concern for the poor, the invisible of Pakistan. The Urdu “ehsaas” defies an ideal translation. within the sense that it’s used because the title of Pakistan’s social relief program, it might be translated into concern, compassion, empathy. The last word is that the fundamental of Khan’s politics. Empathy of Khan for the invisible of Pakistan is why I check out him as my leader, my hero. Empathy of Khan isn’t a replacement phenomenon.

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In an interview in 2004, Imran Khan, former cricketer, philanthropist and politician, said: “It was one moment. I saw her [Khan’s mother] in pain. i used to be expecting her doctor. This old man walked in with an error in his hand; he asked the assistant if he had brought all the medicines, who answered another was needed. I saw this man; his face just became sad. And he left. When asked, i used to be told that the man’s brother was dying of cancer. He had brought him from an area 100 miles away; no bed within the hospital, he slept on the ground . All day he worked, returned and sat with him all night. And he toiled to shop for him medicines.

Because of my very own situation [his mother’s cancer], this became a turning point. Here, i’m privileged, no shortage of resources, and appearance at what I’m browsing . What must this man be going through?

That was once I thought of building a cancer hospital. Where a have-not can enter , and if he doesn’t have money, he shouldn’t need to worry about having a beloved treated free.”

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On the difficulty of the entire lockdown of Pakistan, Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, on March 20, addressed the nation: “…our issue is that 25 percent of Pakistanis live under the poverty level . meaning that they’re unbale to possess two proper meals. If I do an entire lockdown today, it might mean that rickshaw drivers, roadside sellers, taxi drivers, small shopkeepers, daily wage earners of my country are going to be locked inside their homes. Would they need resources to feed their families for 2 weeks? can we have the capacity that we offer them food at their homes? immediately , our capacity isn’t that.

If I do a full lockdown, I’d need to think: what is going to happen to my Pakistanis who live under the poverty line?”

Pakistan went into a lockdown on March 22. a couple of days later, the prime minister of Pakistan, together with his deep ehsaas, his unflinching empathy for the poor, the invisible of Pakistan, announced his Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program.

The so-called “Plandemic” video is edited in the style of a documentary, with much higher production standards than many conspiracy videos.

The video is filled with medical misinformation about where the virus came from and how it is transmitted.

Despite efforts to remove it, users are constantly re-uploading the clip.

Since the 26-minute video first appeared earlier this week, it has exploded across YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other websites, prompting an attempt to remove it.

Among its claims are that the virus must have been released from a laboratory environment and could not possibly be naturally-occurring; that using masks and gloves actually makes people more sick; and that closing beaches is “insanity” because of “healing microbes” in the water.

Such claims are not supported by reliable medical and scientific advice.

The video also suggests that the number of deaths is being deliberately falsified, in order to exert control over the population.

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Analysis

By Marianna Spring, specialist disinformation reporter

Scammers, pranksters and politicians have all been guilty of starting misleading rumours - but people passing themselves off as experts in videos like this one have become crucial to the spread of false claims.

Documentary-style films which promote conspiracy theories are increasingly popular, and a marked evolution from the dodgy medical advice being forwarded on WhatsApp at the start of the pandemic.

Slick production means videos often look quite credible initially - before promoting totally false claims. That makes them as dangerous - if not more so - than advice with a mix of truth and misleading medical myths.

The videos often get a lot more attention than content from trusted media outlets, and the controversial experts they feature have amassed their own fan bases. The misinformation they propagate usually serves to undermine information from trusted health bodies and authorities.

It’s a game of cat-and-mouse for social media sites like YouTube, since the same item can be uploaded again and again by different users.

The video has been viewed millions of times across multiple platforms. Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo have all removed versions of it from their sites.

But such efforts may benefit the film-maker, who claims that there is a large-scale conspiracy to hide the truth.

In a post saying the 26-minute video is an excerpt from a future full-length documentary, he urges readers to download the video directly and re-post it elsewhere, “in an effort to bypass the gatekeepers of free speech”.

Since the pandemic began, the social networks have all had to adapt their content policies to deal with potentially dangerous misinformation.

Twitter said it would remove “unverified claims” that could prove dangerous, while Facebook has brought in new tools to point users towards reliable sources of information.

YouTube said it removes “medically unsubstantiated diagnostic advice”, and this video was removed for making claims about a cure for Covid-19, even though it is not backed by health organisations.

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