As night fell, 30-year-old Aisar Uddin called on his families in Hunza as usual. This time though, he was making sure whether his sister had received the money he had sent back home for her school fees.
Unlike some of his friends who lost their jobs due to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and have been suffering till now, a stable income Uddin earns from the job in Port Qasim power plant in the southern port city of Karachi enables him to support his families and survive this hard time.
In a year when the world was hit by the pandemic, factories have stopped roaring, people stayed at home, fearing of contracting the virus. However, projects of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have kept proceeding, offering a beacon of hope for Pakistan that has been longing for a recovery from the pandemic and a take-off of its economy.
2021-01-01 09:05:37 GMT2021-01-01 17:05:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Deng Kaiyin
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) As night fell, 30-year-old Aisar Uddin called on his families in Hunza as usual. This time though, he was making sure whether his sister had received the money he had sent back home for her school fees.
Unlike some of his friends who lost their jobs due to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and have been suffering till now, a stable income Uddin earns from the job in Port Qasim power plant in the southern port city of Karachi enables him to support his families and survive this hard time.