Bill Gates praises PTI's 'Sehat ka Ittehad' initiative

Terms the programme as ray of hope in fight against polio

Billionaire philanthropist and chairman of the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, on Tuesday called Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and appreciated the ‘Sehat ka Ittehad’ initiative against polio, Express News reported.

While praising the anti-polio initiative by the PTI in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Gates said that the programme offers a ray of hope in the fight against the crippling disease in the way it has yielded positive results.

 

Bill Gates called IK today and appreciated #Sehatkaittehad anti polio initiative led by IK. Gates said the initiative offers the only hope

— Jahangir Khan Tareen (@JahangirKTareen) March 3, 2015

 

Gates told the PTI chief that they had faced more difficulties in Nigeria with polio than in K-P. He also gave Imran tips for improving the anti-polio campaign in the province.

 

Bill Gates called IK;offered condolences over APS tragedy & praised SehatKaItehad prog appreciating KP govt coop with fed govt & army on it.

— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) March 3, 2015

 

He lauded PTI for their cooperation with the federal government on anti-polio campaign despite their differences.

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Gates also told IK they had more difficulties in Nigeria with polio prog than in the SehatKaItehad prog in KP. Also gave tips 4 improvement.

— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) March 3, 2015

 

The philanthropist, who on Monday was named by Forbes magazine as the richest man in the world, also offered his condolences over Army Public School, Peshawar tragedy.

'Sehat ka Ittehad' is a joint initiative of the provincial and federal govenrnmets and is being conducted simultaneously in 21 different parts of K-P, North and South Waziristan Agencies along with Frontier Regions Bannu and Peshawar.