President credits smart lockdown strategy for economic growth

President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday said that the government’s policy of smart lockdowns against the spread of Covid-19 played a major role in the country’s economic survival and realisation of around four per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth despite various challenges.

“Improvement in all micro and macro-economic indicators endorsed the numbers of GDP growth, which were disputed by some political forces”, he added.

The president was addressing the inaugural session of a three-day International Conference of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine (PSIM) on the theme of “Evidence-Based Medicine”.