• PM expresses a decision to eradicate polio at all costs.
• Nationwide Anti-Polio campaign runs from February 3-9.
• Last year, Pakistan reported 77 cases of paralyzing disease.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday launched a girl nationwide anti-polio campaign for the year 2025 by administering polio drops for children under five.

By tackling the launch ceremony, Prime Minister Shehbaz confirmed his government’s willingness to eliminate the paralyzing disease from the country.

He said the national polio vaccination drive would target millions of children in the country to save their future and health. The nationwide anti-polio campaign runs from 3 to 9 February.

The prime minister hoped that the dedicated teams would work day and night to eradicate the disease and would reach the remote areas and villages, which would successfully add these teams to meet the enormous national responsibility of using their complete energies.

The prime minister said that unfortunately in the last year, a total of 77 polio cases were reported in the country, which emerged as a huge challenge, in addition to setting up a setback.

This year, only a case was reported, he said, expressing the decision to eradicate polio at all costs, with dedicated teamwork and support from the international partners.

The Prime Minister also expressed the hope that with international coordination and support, the paralyzing disease of the nearby brotherly country of Afghanistan would end.

He appreciated all the international partners, including WHO, UNICEF, the Bill Gates Foundation and the fraternal land of Saudi Arabia for their commitment and efforts to the government in its efforts to eliminate polio.

When he spoke to the occasion, PM’s coordinator of national healthcare said DR Mukhtar Bharat that they had highlighted the number of polio cases reported last year and did not hide it from the international community.

He said that a positive result was felt with coordinated efforts from all quarters and that only a case was reported this year.

He also appreciated the Prime Minister for his supervision without which they would not be able to get the desired results.

On his part, the Prime Minister’s focal person about polio -depletion Aysha Raza Farooq said the polio vaccination was a public campaign in which all social segments must participate and encouraged parents to coordinate and save their children from polio.

– With additional input from app