Prime Minister's Advisor on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh says provision of health care and cash assistance to vulnerable people and keep moving wheel of the economy in steady pace are government's priorities.

He was talking to Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing, who called on him in Islamabad on Tuesday.

Sharing details of the economic relief package, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said government has come up with a comprehensive relief package of worth 1.2 trillion rupees.

The Adviser also discussed with the Ambassador the effect of Corona virus Pandemic on overall growth of economy of the country as exports and remittances shall both suffer as the global economies are in recessionary phase.

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