Why Youthful, Conservative Pakistan Is a Coronavirus Bright Spot

ISLAMABAD—Two months back, the coronavirus seemed to be spreading out of manage in Pakistan, a very poor, chaotic country of more than 200 million with a weak health-treatment procedure that was seemingly headed for disaster. It was becoming in contrast with Brazil, a different creating country with a related inhabitants size that has been ravaged by the disease.

As a substitute, Pakistan has radically reversed training course, recording a sharp decline in coronavirus cases and deaths, which are both equally down more than 80% from their peaks. Big hospitals report…