QUETTA: Chief Secretary Balochistan, Mather Niaz Rana has said that coronavirus is dangerous as it had disabled children below the age of five for whole life. The children are the future of nation; hence, we would not allow the future of children to be disabled.
These views were expressed by him while presiding over the meeting of Provincial Task Force regarding anti-polio campaign here on Wednesday. Mather Niaz Rana said that parents, religious scholars and people from different walks of life would have to play their due role to get rid of that deadly disease for good.
He urged polio workers to perform their responsibility honestly during anti-polio drive. He directed Deputy Commissioners to monitor polio drive in their respective districts on daily basis so that future of the nation could be protected from that deadly disease.
The meeting was attended by Special Secretary, Health Department, Ghulam Farooq Marri, Divisional Commissioners, Additional Secretary, Health Department, Muhammad Naeem Khan Bazai, Rashid Razzaq, Coordinator, Polio Emergency Operation Centre, Balochistan and others.