It was widely reported in the media yesterday that PM Nawaz has set a six-month deadline to eradicate the crippling disease.
However, PM House spokesperson said the premier had not made any such claim.
PM Nawaz had chaired the Polio Steering Committee meeting in Islamabad where the chief ministers were directed to make polio eradication a top priority by ensuring quality campaigns alongside effective security measures.
He had also announced to set up a cabinet committee for eradication of polio virus.
Around 231 polio cases were reported this year, the most in a decade, with 150 in Fata, 48 in K-P, 23 in Sindh, seven in Balochistan and three in Punjab.
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@Sara: I agree with every single word you say
The analysis here suggests that there is no medical structured health facilities in Pakistan or medical record keeping in alignment with child birth certification, so as a new citizen come into being, their medical and educational well being is taken into account. This could present a problem where non registered refugees have free access to parts of the country or they have no choice but to flee a war against terror zone.
Go Nawaz Go
naaghn, It will take months to set up a cabinet commitee
thanks for the clarification... deadlines are given by people/businesses/governments that have the ambition/appetite/ability to achieve that!
His ministers must have advised him to say 6 months. Then he realized that with such an extremely incompetent bunch of ministers it will take not 6 months but 6 years or more.
GO NAWAZ GO
PM Shaba, can you give a deadline on when are you leaving the seat and heading to KSA?
Deadline shall be given to eliminate polio from Pakistan when leaders' own children shall be victims of Polio other wise never......
I am sure they did give a deadline. But shortly remembered what happened when they last time gave one... :)
Thanks for the clarification, because we still are thinking about Shahbaz's new name after failure to provide electricity.