{"id":39453,"date":"2026-01-28T14:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=39453"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:31:53","slug":"pakistan-reaffirms-determination-to-eradicate-polio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/39453","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan reaffirms determination to eradicate polio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed Pakistan&#8217;s determination to completely eradicate polio from Pakistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Talking to President Global Development Gates Foundation Dr. Chris Elias in Islamabad, he said the government is implementing a comprehensive strategy and taking practical actions with an effective team.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister expressed deep gratitude for the collaboration of Bill Gates and Saudi Arabia in the fight against polio.<\/p>\n<p>He said despite significant progress in the fight against polio, emergency measures are still necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz Sharif said the federal government is working in full coordination with the provinces to ensure the accessibility of polio teams throughout the country under an effective strategy.<\/p>\n<p>He said relevant projects under the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) for the polio eradication campaign will continue across the country.<\/p>\n<p>President Global Development Gates Foundation Chris Elias appreciated the Prime Minister\u2019s personal attention to polio eradication and the effective measures taken in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>He recognized that Pakistan is taking effective steps toward complete polio eradication, which are progressing towards success.<\/p>\n<p>He said there will be continued constructive consultation with federal, provincial governments and relevant institutions on polio eradication.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed Pakistan&#8217;s determination to completely eradicate polio from Pakistan. Talking to President Global Development Gates Foundation Dr. Chris Elias in Islamabad, he said the government is implementing a comprehensive strategy and taking practical actions with an effective team. The Prime Minister expressed deep gratitude for the collaboration of Bill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39454,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39453\/revisions\/39454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}