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Pakistani PM kicks off nationwide anti-polio campaign for 2025

Islamabad, Feb 3 (UNI) Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday kicked off a nationwide anti-polio campaign for the year 2025, reaffirming his government's determination to completely eliminate the polio disease from the South Asian country.
The immunisation campaign, which will run from Feb. 3 to Feb. 9, would target millions of children in the country to save their future and health, the prime minister said while addressing the launching ceremony.
He said that polio teams would reach the far-flung areas and villages across the country to eradicate the disease, hoping that the teams would successfully meet the huge national responsibility by utilising their complete energies.
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