NEW YORK: Co-Chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in New York.
Bill Gates reiterated his continued interest for working together for eradication of polio in Pakistan. He also expressed interest in expansion of engagements in other areas, including broader immunisation programme. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi thanked Bill Gates for the work Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is doing in Pakistan, particularly for the eradication of polio, as well as their interest in expanding in other areas. Bill Gates thanked the prime minister for continuous commitment of the government of Pakistan to achieving the objective of eradicating polio from the country.
He appreciated the personal commitment of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi towards this end. Bill Gates also expressed his interest in making financial services accessible to the people of Pakistan so that they were enabled to do financial transactions and services online. He appreciated the tremendous progress achieved in eradication of polio during the last four years, and expected that all the stakeholders would make the final push to achieve the cherished goal of complete eradication of polio from the remaining three pockets in the country.
Published in Daily Times, September 23rd 2017.
