LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has reiterated that a polio-free Pakistan was a mission and among the top priorities of the government for which all-out resources were being utilised.
In his message on World Polio Day, the Punjab CM said the administration had also been activated in anti-polio campaign along with the Health department.
Paying tributes to the services of polio workers and said that they were heroes and front line workers, Buzdar said he was personally monitoring the anti-polio drive.
He termed the war against polio, a war for the better and polio-free future of the nation’s children and appealed the parents to get their children vaccinated against polio.
Meanwhile, the chief minister termed the opposition’s rallies and protest a futile and meaningless activity, saying that none of them have been sincere with people in the past nor will they be in the future.
Buzdar condemned the opposition’s attempt to divide the nation in such a situation, adding that the opposition did not care about the people or the country. “The opposition should realise the seriousness of the current circumstances and avoid spreading chaos,” he added.
He further said that such activities were putting national interests at stake for gaining political millage.
“The present scenario demands unity, brotherhood and solidarity as there is no room for the politics of self-interest in the current circumstances,” he concluded.
