To highlight the importance of vaccination and involve multiple stakeholders as advocates for polio vaccination a day long Sehat Muhafiz Cricket tournament was organized by Emergency Operations Center Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in collaboration with District Management here Wednesday at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Sports, Tourism & Culture, Atif Khan was the chief guest on the occasion. Coordinator EOC Capt Kamran Afridi (retired), Deputy Commissioner Peshawar Imran Sheikh, ADVC Shahid Khan, MNA Nasir Musazai, MPA Fazle-Ilahi, senior journalists, lawyers, representatives of district management and officials of EOC were in attendance.
Speaking at the inaugural session, Minister for Sports, Tourism & Culture Atif Khan welcomed all the participants and appreciated programme organizers for organizing sports event to raise public awareness on the significance of polio vaccination.
Atif Khan said that healthy life was the right of every child and it was the responsibility of every citizen to play their part in achieving the goal of polio free Pakistan.
Kamran Afridi said that phenomenal achievements have been made in polio eradication with a drop of cases from 306 in 2014 to 6 in 2019 so far.
Earlier, matches were played between Peshawar media team verses District Management team in pool A while in Pool B matches were played between Bar Council Verses parliamentarians. Media team and Bar Council qualified for the final while the Bar Council won the final match to clinch the trophy.
Later, certificates and trophies were distributed among the winning and runners up teams with a vote of thanks by Coordinator EOC Kamran Afridi.
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