The @JapanGov announced a US$ 4.35 million grant to procure essential oral polio vaccines as part of its continued support to Pakistan for its polio eradication efforts.
This latest grant will be utilized for the procurement of 24 million oral doses of vaccines. It will allow the programme to reach around 21 million children under five years old with focus on the high-risk districts with persistent poliovirus transmission.
The vaccines will be used during vaccination drives planned in 2022.
According the National Action Plan (NEAP) 2021-2023, the Polio Porgramme’s strategic goal is to permanently interrupt all poliovirus transmission in Pakistan by the end of 2023.
The notes of the grant were signed and exchanged between the Government of Japan and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the grant agreement was signed and exchanged between Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and UNICEF.
As the people of #Afghanistan face a humanitarian calamity and economic collapse, the initiative of #SaudiArabia, supported by #Pakistan to mobilize the @OIC_OCI is laudable: Former foreign secretary @Salman_B_PK
“The @OIC_OCI has always played an important role in Afghanistan. It is good to see the Saudis take a lead on the humanitarian aspects of the situation,” @Salman_B_PK ,who also served as High Commissioner to India, wrote in an op-ed published in @arabnewspk
On #SaudiArabia’s initiative joined by 🇵🇰, an extraordinary session of the Foreign Ministers of @OIC_OCI states is being held in Islamabad on Dec 19 to evolve a joint framework of cooperation with regards to the humanitarian situation in #Afghanistan.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Tuesday said the sugar sector reforms committee would be releasing its comprehensive report on Tuesday to get suggestions of all the relevant stakeholders to reform the sector
“One of the main proposals of the comprehensive report being released on Tuesday has called for deregulating the sugar sector. It also suggests ending the government’s role in price fixation and subsidy [on the sweetener],
and [said] only the crushing season would be enforced by the government,” he said while highlighting the new sugar policy contours in a media briefing after the Federal Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
President Dr. Arif Alvi on Tuesday stressed the need of more educational opportunities to the women folk as the progress and development of the country was linked with the education.
He said the country needed educated youth that could contribute to build a progressed and healthier society and it was only possible through education for all.
Addressing as chief guest at the 16th convocation of the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) here, he said it was very unfortunate that the moral values were getting weaker in developed nations as they were running towards materialism.
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Pakistan is in high gear to host the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (@OIC_OCI), with preparations underway in the capital ahead of the main event of December 19.
As Pakistan continues with its efforts to uphold Muslim solidarity, the 17th Extraordinary Session of the @OIC_OCI CFM will focus on the urgent need to avert a humanitarian crisis & the economic collapse of #Afghanistan
PM @ImranKhanPTI will inaugurate the main event, to be attended by the @OIC_OCI Secretary-General, foreign ministers of the Islamic countries and other international delegates.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said national security could not be ensured unless the inclusive development and equitable growth of all segments of society, provinces, and people was established.
PM said 🇵🇰 in fact had a beautiful and positive face being the home of generous and hospitable people. On Islamophobia, he said, a strong response by Muslim thin ktanks was important to nullify the impression of Islam’s linkage with terrorism
The prime minister said Pakistan was blamed for wrong reasons by the international community, whereas it remained mum on the atrocities committed by India in the Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.