QUETTA Pakistan: Balochistan Secretary of Health Abdullah Khan on Friday emphasized the importance of vertical programmes in improving public health in the province. He said that all obstacles hindering the achievement of set objectives in the health sector programmes will be addressed to maximize their benefits.
Khan’s remarks came during a briefing on the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programme and the nutrition programme. The briefing was attended by Director Technical Dr. Amin Khan Mandukhel, Chief Planning Officer Abdul Rasool Zehri, Provincial Coordinator MCH Programme Dr. Samiullah Kakar, Provincial Coordinator Nutrition Programme Dr. Naeem Zarkoon, Project Director Balochistan Health Capital Investment Project Saqib Kakar, Divisional Director Dr. Lubna, Planning Officer Dr. Shako, Coordinator Nutrition Programme Sultan Tareen, and Staff Officer Health Secretary Mir Shaukat Baloch.
During the briefing, the Provincial Coordinator MCH Programme Dr. Samiullah Kakar and Provincial Coordinator Nutritio
n Programme Dr. Naeem Zirkoon provided information about the programmes.
Khan said that Maternal and Child Healthcare (MCH) and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) nutrition programmes are among the top priorities for the health department. He acknowledged the challenges of providing health facilities across the vast expanse of Balochistan and reaching the targeted population for vertical programmes.
Khan directed the Project Coordinators of Nutrition and MCH Workers Programmes to develop strategies for further improvement. He assured officials that measures would be taken to make the Nutrition and MCH Workers Programme more active in removing obstacles to providing basic health facilities to every region.
QUETTA Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Quetta Division President Khair Muhammad Tareen on Friday said that only fair and transparent elections could bring the country out of the current economic and political crisis.
He expressed these views on Friday while addressing a meeting regarding the preparations for the establishment day meeting and the meeting of the provincial and wing officials of the party to be held on November 19 at the PPP Quetta Division office at Airport Road.
He said that the PPP has fought for the rights of the people since its inception till date, for which the party workers and leaders were martyred and some of the PPP leaders were also imprisoned and tortured, but the party leaders never bargained for the rights of the people.
He said that the leadership of PPP endured all kinds of oppression but did not run away from the country, whenever the country was in trouble, the PPP took the country out of problems and even now only the PPP can do it.
He said that party Chairman Bilawal Bhut
to Zardari has won the hearts of the workers of Balochistan by announcing to hold the main meeting in Quetta on the occasion of the foundation day of PPP.
The rally will be held in Quetta on November 30 and will be the biggest rally in the history of Balochistan, he mentioned.
He said that a joint meeting of the provincial and wing officials of the PPP would be held at the Quetta Division office on Airport Road regarding the preparations for the foundation day meeting.