National Anti-polio program's head resignation approved
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00:00We will give you the latest news, the resignation of Dr. Shahzad Baig from the National Polio Programme has been accepted.
00:06We will know more details from Jahangir Khan, tell us Jahangir.
00:11Yes Jahangir.
00:13The resignation of Dr. Shahzad Baig has been accepted and the government has decided to appoint a senior bureaucrat from Upgrade 20
00:18to the National Polio Programme and in this regard, Captain Retired Mohammad Anwar Ul Haq,
00:23who is the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health, has been appointed as the National Coordinator at the National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio.
00:31Dr. Shahzad Baig had resigned the other day, however, Zara had confirmed that he had resigned.
00:37There was a lot of pressure on him from the government because the condition of polio in the country was deteriorating rapidly
00:41and the government was not satisfied with Dr. Shahzad Baig's work.
00:44So a big decision has come forward when the government has now decided to take over the National Polio Programme itself.
00:51Dr. Shahzad Baig was from the Department of Public Health and prior to this, he was associated with the Polio Programme in Nigeria.
00:59After a long time, it is being seen in Pakistan that a senior bureaucrat has now been appointed to the National Polio Programme.
01:06Thank you very much, Jahangir Khan.