DOI: https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2022.1001.0207 375 eISSN: 2415-007X Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Volume 10, Number 1, 2022, Pages 375–380 Journal Homepage: https://journals.internationalrasd.org/index.php/pjhss The Response of Public, Role of Government, Social Media and Medical Specialists towards Covid-19 Vaccination: Descriptive Data Analysis on Bahawalpur, Pakistan Furrukh Bashir 1 , Ismat Nasim 2 , Maleeka-Tul-Zahra 3 1 Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. Email: furrukh@bzu.edu.pk 2 Lecturer, Department of Economics, The Government Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Email: ismat.nasim@gscwu.edu.pk 3 MS Scholar, Department of Economics, The Government Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Email: maleekaqasim4@gmail.com ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: January 29, 2022 Revised: March 30, 2022 Accepted: March 30, 2022 Available Online: March 31, 2022 The objective of the study is to analyze the role of government, social media and medical specialists towards Covid-19 vaccination and to trace out the response of general public towards Covid-19 vaccination in Bahawalpur district during Pandemic period (June 2021). For this purpose, primary data from 445 households has been collected from people of different age groups having different educational & professional backgrounds. Crosstab method has been utilized to analyze the response into percentages. The findings of the study show that general public including youngsters (19-29 years of age) and middle age group (30-59 years) are in favor to be vaccinated and they are agreed with the point that Vaccination may help them to be protected. The public clearly rejected the rumors like death after 2 years or vaccination is haram. The community of Bahawalpur appreciated and acknowledged the policies of Government of Pakistan regarding Social Distancing, enforcement of SOPs during Covid-19 period and Ehsas program relief package provided to poor. Moreover, the contribution of Medical Specialists/ Pharmaceutical Researchers cannot be denied as they invented new and appropriate medicines/ vaccine as the treatment of Covid-19 disease. Keywords: Government Social Media Covid-19 Vaccination Medical Specialists Pharmaceutical Researchers Ehsas Program Covid-19 SOPs Social Distancing © 2022 The Authors, Published by iRASD. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non- Commercial License Corresponding Author’s Email: ismat.nasim@gscwu.edu.pk 1. Introduction In Pakistan, first wave of Covid-19 came in March 2020 and people were unaware about the disease, its consequences and its treatment. The death rate in all over the world was also rising which frightened the overall world. In that situation, Social media played a significant role in providing awareness to public and Medical Specialists/ Practitioners also faced a lot of risks in that period and few of them were also affected by Covid-19 and they could not survive unfortunately. But still Doctors never left the Covid patients unattended they continuously struggled for the welfare of the community. On the other side, Government of Pakistan provided funds to the hospitals for providing treatment and Quarantine. Government took strict SOPs in order to reduce the gathering of people and closed all School, College, Institutes, Universities or other educational institutes. Public gatherings were restricted by closure of Public Parks, Marriage Halls, Offices, Banks, etc. Permission to say prayer in the Masjid (Mosque) was given under strict SOPs of the Government. However, positive role of PTI Government towards Covid-19 can never be denied. After provision of vaccines in Pakistan, there were different rumors circulated among the community. Health of people will be poorly affected; they will be died after 2 years after