Monday, 15 October 2012 18:15
ISLAMABAD:
President Asif Ali Zardari Monday reiterating Government's commitment
to eradicate polio from Pakistan emphasized the need for coordinated
efforts by all the segements of society to reach every child for
immunizations to make Pakistan a polio free country.
Addressing the launching ceremony for three-day country wide
anti-polio campaign here at Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President said Pakistan
has come a long way from 1994, when the former Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto launched for the first time polio eradication campaign formally.
He said since then the polio cases have come down significantly.
He said, "We are not yet completely polio free and our aim is to make
Pakistan completely polio free and we aim that no child lives in the
fear of being crippled for life."
