TOKYO -- Despite Pakistan's recent economic downturn, the country's minister for economic affairs, Muhammad Hammad Azhar, expressed confidence of a quick turnaround.
In an interview with the Nikkei Asian Review, Azhar said that new phases of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor -- a major part of China's Belt and Road Initiative -- and a retooled free trade agreement between the two countries are expected to jump-start the sputtering economy.
