Contributions to a fund put together by South Asian countries to combat the challenge posed by the Covid-19 pandemic to one of the most underdeveloped regions of the world seems to take taking off, with almost all nations pledging money to the pool.
The only notable holdout is Pakistan which is yet to announce any contribution to the fund first proposed by India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, during a video conference meet on 15 March. Modi had then announced an initial amount of $10 million to the fund to which contributions were to be made on a voluntary basis by member countries. Read More…
