FO briefing: Govt rebuffs threat of global travel curbs
Pakistan rebuffs possibility of global restrictions on its travellers following country’s failure to eradicate polio.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan on Thursday shrugged off the possibility of global restrictions on its travellers following the country’s failure to eradicate polio.
The spokesperson said World Health Organisation (WHO) chief recently visited Pakistan and understood the problem.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 14th, 2014.
Pakistan on Thursday shrugged off the possibility of global restrictions on its travellers following the country’s failure to eradicate polio.
“We have no information about any country, apart from one, that plans to impose restrictions on Pakistani travellers,” foreign ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told reporters at her weekly briefing on Thursday. She was alluding to India but did not name the country.
Aslam insisted that unlike the general perception, most children in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas have been inoculated.
“More than anyone else, it is our concern. It is about the future and health of our children. The federal and provincial governments are focused on that issue,” she said.
The spokesperson said World Health Organisation (WHO) chief recently visited Pakistan and understood the problem.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 14th, 2014.