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3 million jobs loss expected in Pak due to virus outbreak

PTI

Cash-strapped Pakistan is expected to record around 3 million jobs loses due to the coronavirus outbreak, the finance ministry told the country’s Senate on Friday.

In response to Senator Mushtaq Ahmed’s question on estimated damage to the economy due to the pandemic, the finance ministry said the industrial sector is likely to lose 1 million jobs and the remaining 2 million will be lost in the service sector.