Jabbar Rabeea, Makki Muhammad
Centre of International Peace and Stability, Faculty of Social Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Jamba. 2021 Aug 24;13(1):1113. doi: 10.4102/jamba.v13i1.1113. eCollection 2021.
As an institution, the Pakistan Army has been playing a significant role in dealing with emergencies and disasters facing the nation. The novel coronavirus disease, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) COVID-19, was wreaking havoc around the world. The pandemic is a threat to health and has caused severe damage across most aspects of the society. The situation forced the formation of a unique series of civil-military inter-agency relationships to be formed, in order to curb the spread of the pandemic. The Pakistan Army that was neither trained nor equipped to undertake any such health disaster management operation played a significant role in preventing disease and overcoming the disaster. Civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) was the key to the successful response of Pakistan towards COVID-19. The research was based on qualitative interviews that analysed the phenomenon of COVID-19 pandemic, that is, 'health disaster', to elucidate the disaster management practices performed through the framework of CIMIC in Pakistan. With regard to this, the article argued that formulating a comprehensive guideline or framework was necessary to maintain an effective and cooperative relationship between civil and military components. It further demonstrated the need to recognise the constitutive factors that influenced the functionalisation and institutionalisation of CIMIC to manage the highly complex health-related emergencies.
作为一个机构，巴基斯坦军队在应对国家面临的紧急情况和灾难方面发挥了重要作用。新型冠状病毒病，即严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引起的新冠肺炎疫情，正在全球肆虐。这场大流行对健康构成威胁，并在社会的大多数方面造成了严重破坏。这种情况促使形成了一系列独特的军民跨部门关系，以遏制疫情的传播。既没有接受过此类卫生灾难管理行动培训也未配备相关装备的巴基斯坦军队，在预防疾病和战胜灾难方面发挥了重要作用。军民合作是巴基斯坦成功应对新冠肺炎疫情的关键。该研究基于定性访谈，分析了新冠肺炎疫情这一“卫生灾难”现象，以阐明通过巴基斯坦军民合作框架开展的灾难管理实践。关于这一点，文章认为制定一个全面的指导方针或框架对于维持军民部门之间有效且合作的关系是必要的。它进一步表明，有必要认识到影响军民合作功能化和制度化以管理高度复杂的卫生相关紧急情况的构成因素。
