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Pakistan declared a $3 million contribution to the Fund to handle the COVID-19 break out in South Asia.

Pakistan is attempting to score “narrow political points” by tying its contribution to the SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Situation Fund to the administration of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), sources stated on Thursday.

The comments from the Indian side came minutes after Pakistan stated a $3 million contribution to the Fund to handle the COVID-19 break out in South Asia saying that the quantity needs to be administered through the SAARC Secretariat situated in Kathmandu and its utilisation should be settled through assessments with the SAARC members “as per the SAARC Charter”.

On the other hand, India has preserved because the Fund was launched on March 15, by the