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Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan alongwith Minister for Health, Taimur Saleem Jhagra administered polio drops to children here Friday at Police Services Hospital to kick off June round of anti-polio drive in the province. Secretary Health KP Amer Sultan Tareen, Additional Secretary He ..
PESHAWAR: The June round of anti-polio drive was launched in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here Friday.KP Chief Secretary Kazim Niaz kicked off the round by administering drops to children at the Police...
District administrations directed to remove hiccups in PEI
National
January 9, 2021
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Kazim Niaz on Friday directed district administrations to ensure smooth conduct of anti-polio drive in respective districts and address the challenges in stamping out the scourge from the region.
He said this while chairing Provincial Task Force Meeting (PTF) held here at the Civil Secretariat.
Inspector General Police Sanaullah Abbasi, Chairperson, Standing Committee on Health Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Rabia Basri, Secretary Health, Imtiaz Hussain Shah, Secretary Elementary & Secondary Education, Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Additional Secretary Health (Polio) & Coordinator for Emergency Operation Centre, Abdul Basit, DG Health, Dr, Muhammad Niaz and representatives of the partners’ staff members were present.