PM Abbasi orders high-level meeting on polio eradication

He says elimination of polio virus is matter of survival for our next generation

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has called for an immediate meeting with the National Task Force on Polio Eradication for concerted efforts against the virus in the country.

“It is a matter of survival for our next generation, hence we take full ownership of polio eradication from the country”, he was quoted as saying in a PM House press release.



PM Abbasi was chairing a high-level meeting at his office in Islamabad where the Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar and Chairperson National Polio Eradication Program Ayesha Raza Farooq briefed the prime minister on the progress regarding polio eradication.

After the briefing, the premier expressed his satisfaction over the progress made by the concerned authorities in significantly restricting the polio virus from spreading.

“Polio eradication requires a concerted effort from provincial governments, law enforcing agencies, district administration, civil society and international donors,” PM Abbasi said.