ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar lauded Rotary International, world community and development partners for their role in eradication of polio in Pakistan.

In meeting with delegation of Rotary International led by Stephanie A. Urchik, he appreciated organisation’s services for promotion of education and other sectors.

Delegation briefed Kakar about Pakistan Smart Village Programme and performance of Rotary International for polio eradication. Interim PM congratulated Stephanie for becoming first female president of Rotary International and expressed good wishes. He reiterated his government’s resolve to make every Pakistani children safe from polio.

He assured Rotary International for his government’s all-out cooperation in execution of its programmes and expressed hope that organisation would expand accessibility to their programmes.

Kakar was told that Rotary would help uplift living standards of people while taking advantage of innovation and technology. It was told that Smart Villages would help promote agriculture sector, take advantage of alternative energy, improve irrigation, provide drinking water and mitigate impacts of climate change.

Meeting was told that Rotary International had donated around 800,000 books across Pakistan, with 200,000 distributed in Balochistan. Delegation gifted another 10,000 books to interim PM which would be distributed in different parts of country. It was told that mobile library of Rotary International was helping to promote book reading and literacy. Caretaker Health Minister Dr Nadeem Jan and relevant senior officers attended meeting.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 27 2024

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