Overview
- The prime minister met a delegation from the Polio Oversight Board on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, and publicly reaffirmed that polio eradication remains a top national priority.
- He instructed officials to intensify operations and adopt focused strategies for high-risk districts, with special attention on persistent hotspots in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Delegation members including leaders from Rotary, the Gates Foundation and WHO EMRO praised Pakistan’s measures and progress and were thanked for their technical and financial support.
- The meeting included Federal Minister for National Health Syed Mustafa Kamal, the prime minister’s polio focal person Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq and the national polio coordinator, and it produced policy and coordination directives rather than new campaign results.
- The Polio Oversight Board’s engagement reinforces long-running international support for Pakistan’s eradication drive and could lead to stepped-up targeted vaccination rounds and resource shifts while the government also directed separate domestic measures such as SME loan facilitation through SMEDA.