{"id":71768,"date":"2020-10-31T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=71768"},"modified":"2020-10-29T17:32:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T12:32:45","slug":"adb-vp-praises-pakistans-smart-lockdown-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-vp-praises-pakistans-smart-lockdown-policy.html","title":{"rendered":"ADB VP praises Pakistan\u2019s smart lockdown policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President (VP) Shixin Chen on Wednesday praised Pakistan\u2019s smart lockdown strategy for striking the ideal balance between the citizen\u2019s lives and livelihood \u2014 a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-approves-usd-300mn-loan-developing-pakistans-capital-markets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADB approves USD 300mn loan for developing Pakistan\u2019s capital markets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chen made these comments while speaking with Advisor to the Prime Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. The ADB VP further praised the socioeconomic support extended to the vulnerable sections of society and also reiterated the international bank\u2019s commitment to continue its support for Pakistan in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Advisor to the PM, in turn, thanked the ADB for its support in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. He also acknowledged the bank\u2019s commitment in bringing about essential reforms in the country\u2019s energy, transport, water, urban services and social sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-economic-recovery-fy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADB predicts 2% economic recovery in Pakistan for FY2020-21<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Shaikh additionally shared an overview of the country\u2019s economic situation and highlighted the various measures taken by the government in this regard. He also noted that the government had had to slightly divert its economic direction following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President (VP) Shixin Chen on Wednesday praised Pakistan\u2019s smart lockdown strategy for striking the ideal balance between the citizen\u2019s lives and livelihood \u2014 a news source reported. Read: ADB approves USD 300mn loan for developing Pakistan\u2019s capital markets Chen made these comments while speaking with Advisor to the Prime Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. The ADB VP further praised the socioeconomic support extended to the vulnerable sections of society and also reiterated the international bank\u2019s commitment to continue its support for Pakistan in the future. The Advisor to the PM, in turn, thanked the ADB for its support in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. He also acknowledged the bank\u2019s commitment in bringing about essential reforms in the country\u2019s energy, transport, water, urban services and social sectors. Read: ADB predicts 2% economic recovery in Pakistan for FY2020-21 Dr Shaikh additionally shared an overview of the country\u2019s economic situation and highlighted the various measures taken by the government in this regard. He also noted that the government had had to slightly divert its economic direction following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":63438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42233,2086,42231],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-adb-vp-praises-pakistans-smart-lockdown-policy","8":"tag-asian-development-bank","9":"tag-smart-lockdown-policy"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ADB VP praises Pakistan\u2019s smart lockdown policy - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President (VP) Shixin Chen on Wednesday praised Pakistan\u2019s smart lockdown strategy for striking the ideal balance between the citizen\u2019s lives and livelihood \u2014 a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-vp-praises-pakistans-smart-lockdown-policy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ADB VP praises Pakistan\u2019s smart lockdown policy - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President (VP) Shixin Chen on Wednesday praised Pakistan\u2019s smart lockdown strategy for striking the ideal balance between the citizen\u2019s lives and livelihood \u2014 a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-vp-praises-pakistans-smart-lockdown-policy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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