ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday felicitated members of thecountry’s top monitoring body on effectively combating the Covid pandemic.
On his official handle, the premier shared a chart of the EconomistNormalcy Index and wrote: “Congratulations to NCOC members, Ehsaas team &State Bank of Pakistan for effective response to Covid 19 pandemic; andabove all thanks to the mercy of Almighty Allah.”
International weekly newspaper The Economist developed Global NormalcyIndex to rank countries on the basis of progress on eight variables. Thevariables include sports attendance, time at home, traffic congestion,retail footfall, office occupancy, flights, film box office, and publictransport.
With a score of 84.4 out of 100, Pakistan ranked third among 50 countries.As many as 50 countries that represent about 75 percent of the globalpopulation and 90 percent of global GDP has been included in the list.
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Meanwhile, Hong Kong secured the top spot with 96 percent normalityfollowed by New Zealand with 87 percent. China ranked 19th in the index,the US 20th, and the UK 36th.
“The world is slowly coming back to pre-pandemic levels, Today it stands at66 (out of 100) suggesting that the world has traveled roughly half of theway back to pre-pandemic life,” The Economist said in a press release.
