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  • Dec 6th, 2012
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Barrister Masood Kausar has said that polio eradication is an issue of common concern for which indeed hectic and concrete efforts are underway. He was presiding over the quarterly meeting of the Task Force on Polio Eradication at Governor's House, Peshawar on Wednesday.

The meeting was also attended by MNAs Dr Azra Fazal Pechuhu, who is the Prime Minister's Focal Person for Polio Eradication and Madam Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Chairperson of Polio Oversight Committee; team leaders of WHO and Unicef and representatives of 11-Corps of Pak Army besides Provincial Minister for Health Syed Zahir Ali Shah, Chairman, Standing Committee of the Provincial Assembly on Health, Syed Jaffar Shah, Chief Secretary Ghulam Dastagir Akhtar, commissioners and district co-ordination officers from across the province.

Barrister Masood Kausar welcomed the regular visits and participation of the Federal dignitaries in proceedings of the provincial task force for polio eradication and further pointed out that the presence of the responsible focal persons right from district to the central level in the meeting was the clear reflection of the keen interest at the national level in this respect and Insha Allah, the country would get rid of this stigma.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2012


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