KARACHI/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD, August 10, 2020: Pakistan’s Covid-19 pandemic response is appropriate, with the decreasing case numbers reflecting the results of good decision making and advisory role of infectious diseases specialists engaged by the federal and provincial authorities. The strategy of “smart lockdowns”, based on input from leading Infectious Diseases experts in public and private sector, has proved to be a practical way of handling Covid-19 infection in Pakistan.