ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday congratulated his government for effectively handling the Covid-19 pandemic and as a result, saved jobs of countrymen.
In a tweet, the PM said that he want to congratulate his government for the way we handled the Covid pandemic – better than all the countries in South Asia, he was citing the world bank date regarding less unemployment in Pakistan.
He shared the World Bank’s data that showed Pakistan with the “lowest unemployment rate” among other South Asian states during the period of 2020 to 2022.
During the period between 2020 and 2022, India’s unemployment rate was eight percent while Pakistan outranked other South Asian countries with just a 4.3 percent unemployment rate, the data said.
Earlier today, National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) head Asad Umar said Pakistan reported zero Covid death for the first time in the past two years.
