(LiveMint)
South Asian nations agreed to evolve a common strategy to meet the challenge posed by the Covid-19 pandemic with India proposing the creation of an emergency fund with an initial contribution of $10 million to halt the onslaught of the disease that has so far claimed nearly 6,000 lives globally.
However, a skittish Pakistan sought to use the occasion that brought together the members of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) grouping for the first time in almost six years to raise the Kashmir issue, calling for the lifting of embargos on communication in Kashmir to better tackle the spread of Covid-19.Speaking at a meeting of the heads of countries of the Saarc grouping via video link, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered the services of a rapid response team of doctors and health workers armed with testing kits.
