‘Degree of seriousness gauged by behavior’: India on Pak’s delayed SAARC corona fund contribution

NEW DELHI: After Pakistan pledged to donate $3 million to SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, India on Friday highlighted the “early commitment” made by other member countries and said the ‘degree of seriousness’ of each nation can be gauged by its behaviour.

Pakistan’s foreign office on Thursday announced that it will contribute $3 million towards the South Asian Association for Regional Corporation (SAARC) Covid-19 emergency fund. This comes weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed to establish fund during a video conference of SAARC member countries.

While the SAARC countries immediately responded to a united call for the C