Peshawar
Special Secretary Health Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Polio Control Abdul Basit has urged the youth to come forward to play a role in eradicating the polio epidemic so that children can be saved from lifelong disability.
He expressed these views while interacting with young squash player Khushal Riaz Khan, who met Abdul Basit at the Emergency Operation Centre for Polio eradication on Wednesday.
The Special Secretary Health lauded Khushal Riaz Khan’s outstanding performance in the National Squash Championship and National Games 2023 and also appreciated his efforts in the eradication of polio, especially in anti-polio vaccination campaigns to protect children from polio.
He said that currently, polio has been eradicated from all over the world, but in Pakistan and Afghanistan, many children are still disabled for life due to polio every year.
Abdul Basit hoped that, like Khushal Riaz Khan, other youths, especially sportsmen of national and international level, would fully cooperate with the Emergency Operation Centre in the noble cuase of eradicating polio.
