PM Imran lauds team for being first to enforce 'smart lockdowns'.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday took pride in his team for being among the first to enforce 'smart lockdowns' in the country.

Sharing a Bloomberg opinion piece on smart lockdowns being the future of Europe, on Twitter, the premier said he was proud of his team for helping him navigate through the Covid-19 crisis in the country.

The premier said that if Pakistan continued to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs), the country will successfully tackle the crisis.

Earlier this month, the prime minister said that Pakistan was a poor country which could not afford a harsh lockdown, adding that 'smart lockdown' was the only solution.

Addressing a press conference in Karachi, he said that Pakistan managed to balance the situation like no other country. However, he...