China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan stress need for joint response for 'final victory' Aamir Latif | 28.04.2021 KARACHI, Pakistan China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan have expressed their opposition to a long-running campaign aimed at “politicizing” the coronavirus pandemic, stressing that tracing the origin of the virus is a matter of “science and a global mission.” Terming the COVID-19 a “common enemy of humankind,” the six nations called for a joint response and mutual assistance for a “final victory” over it, according to a joint statement issued on Wednesday after a Foreign Ministers’ Conference on Joint Response to COVID-19.