A UK-funded report reveals poor utilisation of the Prime Minister’s Relief-cum-Economic Support Package to absorb Covid-related shock, with spending of just Rs297 billion or 34%.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced a rescue and stimulus package worth about Rs1.2 trillion in March last year aimed at supporting the economy in absorbing the adverse impacts of the pandemic.

The UK-Aid report also notes that due to limited data availability its economic and social impacts cannot be fully assessed.

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