Dream of polio-free Pakistan to be realized at every cost: PM Kakar.

ISLAMABAD -- Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Tuesday said that the dream of polio-free Pakistan to be achieved at every cost and individuals propagating against polio vaccination would be dealt with sternly.

Addressing a ceremony organized in connection with the World Polio Day here, the prime minister said, 'I can assure that we gonna have it. We will realise this dream. We will never step back, may be an inch, may be a foot or may be a mile. This will always be a forth-going journey.'

The event was organized by the Pakistan Polio Programme to pay homage to the resilience and dedication of frontline workers on World Polio Day which is commemorated on October 24 every year.

Caretaker Federal Health Minister Dr Nadeem Jan, Federal Health Secretary Iftikhar Ali Shallwani, representatives of polio partners Rotary, WHO and UNICEF, and frontline workers and their families attended the ceremony.

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