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Islamabad, July 28, 2020 (PPI-OT): Minister for Economic Affairs Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar has said that Pakistan is resolutely and successfully confronting Coronavirus pandemic and taking all possible measures to strengthen the existing health system. While participating in China-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Nepal Quadrilateral Foreign Ministers’ Video Conference on Joint Response to COVID-19, the minister said that Pakistan is ready to both enhance cooperation in combating COVID-19 and in post-pandemic economic recovery with the participating countries.
The Minister emphasized that Pakistan’s “smart lockdown” policy has delivered demonstrable results with new infection rate and fatality rate substantially going down. He called for lifting of the military siege and allowing access of international health experts to Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and immediately extending requisite medical help to the besieged Kashmiris.
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