[DAWN] Pakistain is still reeling from the fallout of the travel restrictions imposed on it by the World Health Organisation to prevent the spread of polio...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set...
virus.
The Ministry of National Health Services is expected to hold a meeting on Wednesday with representatives of provincial governments and other stakeholders to discuss the developments following the imposition of WHO restrictions.
The ministry is also likely to hold a presser to inform the public about the steps being taken by it.
On Tuesday, four women politicians moved a call-attention notice in the National Assembly. Minister for National Health Services, Saira Afzal Tarar, informed the house that the government was developing a strategy to combat the virus. She said provincial health ministers were being taken on board and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
was taking personal interest in the matter.
Mr Sharif had met the head of the WHO to discuss the issue, she added.
"Religious scholars are also getting involved with the campaign and the Imaam-e-Kaaba was expected to visit Pakistain soon to augment the government's efforts," she said.