PM vows to free country of poliovirus

He appreciated the services of Rotary Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a polio-free Pakistan


APP May 12, 2023
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses federal cabinet in Islamabad on April 26, 2023. PHOTO: PID

ISLAMABAD:

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the government was resolved to purge the country of deadly polio virus.

The prime minister, in a meeting with a delegation of Rotary Foundation, headed by Chairman of International PolioPlus Committee Michael McGovern, said he would continue to personally monitor the efforts for elimination of polio from the country.

He said the services of the Rotary Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the polio-free Pakistan were appreciable. He told the delegation that the government was ensuring the security of polio workers.

The prime minister appreciated the Rotary International for the development of a housing project for the victims of 2022 floods. 

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