Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has said Pakistan successfully tackled the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of whole of the nation approach.

Briefing media persons in Islamabad on Thursday on the occasion of the closure of the National Command and Operation Center, he said all the institutions and different segments of the society including the religious scholars played a pivotal role in the fight against the pandemic.

He said our response to the pandemic was also acknowledged by the international organizations.