Pakistan: Former President Asif Ali Zardari wants health workers fully protected

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Former president and co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Sindh government to provide complete protection to volunteers engaged in the polio vaccination drive in Karachi. He said that a comprehensive strategy should be adopted for ensuring continuance of the compulsory health drive in the city.

He issued these directives on Wednesday while presiding over a meeting at Bilawal House with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, PPP’s women wing president MNA Faryal Talpur, former interior minister Rehman Malik and Minister for Prisons Manzoor Wassan. Members of the meeting discussed the political situation of the province, plans of conducting the local government elections in Sindh, Karachi law and order, the ongoing targeted operation and the Sindh government’s relationship with opposition parties. Chief Minister Shah briefed the former president about the steps being taken by his government to restore law and order in Karachi. Zardari told the chief minister that measures should be adopted to provide protection to people and their property in Karachi, adding that steps should also be taken for resolving civic issues of the city. He asked the chief minister to take into confidence all stakeholders regarding the measures being taken by the provincial government for combating lawlessness and terrorism in the province.

He was of the view that the PPP should work on improving its working relationship with all the political forces so that consensus evolves on national issues. In this regard, Zardari directed PPP leaders in Sindh to accelerate their campaigns for maintaining contacts and liaison with the public so that they have first-hand information about their problems and resolve them on a priority basis.