To add impetus to CPEC projects, on March 16 and 17, President Arif Alvi paid a state visit to China. Contrary to negative speculation, China has not withdrawn engineers working on CPEC projects nor laid off Pakistani workers since the outbreak of covid-19 in Pakistan. It is heartening that, owing to concerted precautions for preventing COVID-19, no infection occurred at any of the CPEC projects. Amid the contribution of CPEC, Pakistan is ranked 108 in the ease of doing business from 136, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. Despite the black clouds of covid-19 hovering, CPEC endeavours in the backdrop of the pandemic are providing social, industrial and economic support to Pakistan

Source: Pakistan Today April 16, 2020 18:00 UTC