Coke Studio Pakistan is getting ready for its 15th season, set to premiere on April 14, 2024.
The season is expected to showcase Pakistani music talent across different genres, continuing its tradition of innovation and cultural expression.
While the lineup for Season 15 is still a secret, people are eagerly waiting to see the potential collaborations and talents it will feature. The show has a history of making emerging artists famous, which adds to the excitement about its upcoming season.
IPSOS is an international firm that produces data on the global market and public opinion across the world. From April 4 to 7, they polled 1,000 people across Pakistan to evaluate how Pakistanis treated myths and misconceptions regarding COVID-19.
The sample size is from all the provinces and territories of Pakistan: Punjab, 57%, Sindh, 22%, Balochistan, 6%, KP, 10% and AJK, 5%. The age bracket is from 18 to 50 plus, and social-economic status is from higher to lower income holders, as shown in the picture below.
COVID-19 MYTHS IPSOS SNAP POLL
The results are overwhelming. As per the report, only “2 people out of 5 can correctly recall the official helpline (1166) to report COVID-19 cases, rest are either unaware or cannot recall correctly.”
COVID-19 MYTHS IPSOS SNAP POLL
RELIGIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC MISCONCEPTIONS
Moreover, Pakistanis have alarming religious and scientific misconceptions on COVID-19. According to the data: 82% believe that “they can remain protected if they do wudu 5 times a day. “67% believe that “Allah has control over all viruses so congregation prayer in the mosque (jamaat) cannot infect anyone with the virus. 58% think that if “once the summer hear starts, the coronavirus will disappear.” 48% says that “shaking hands is Sunnah, so they cannot infect anyone with COVID-19 by doing so.”
Other majors misconceptions are mentioned below in the slide.
COVID-19 MYTHS IPSOS SNAP POLL
CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Apart from religious and scientific misconceptions, a large number of Pakistanis have controversial misconceptions on COVID-19. 43% in Pakistan see COVID-19 as a “foreign conspiracy by America and Israel to weaken us (Pakistan).” 43% believe that they “should avoid people from certain sects or faiths, as they are more prone to coronavirus.” 39% think “Women who breastfeed should be in ablution/wudu all the time, so they don’t transfer COVID-19 to the baby. 30% is off the view that “only sweepers and domestic workers can contract the virus because they’re not clean.”
