PM Imran inaugurates NRTC's ventilator production facility at Haripur.

HARIPUR -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday visited the National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) to inaugurate a production facility that manufactures Pakistan's first-ever indigenously-developed ventilators.

PM Imran was accompanied by Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Energy Minister Omar Ayub, Focal Person on Coronavirus Dr Faisal Sultan, National Disaster Management Authority Chairperson Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal, and other senior officers.

On the occasion, the premier "commended the initiative taken by NRTC and the Ministry of Science and Technology for the first ever indigenously produced ventilator", according to an update from the Prime Minister's Office on Twitter.

Terming it "a landmark achievement" for Pakistan, he congratulated the entire team.

PM Imran emphasized that Pakistan has abundant talent to take the country to self-reliance in new technological innovation and the PTI-led government would strongly support any initiative to harness the youth's potential.

"Our approach in response to [the coronavirus] pandemic and adopting smart lockdown while keeping the economy afloat has been widely acknowledged," he noted.

"Our focus will now remain on comprehensive health reforms," he...

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