Khattak calls for measures to control dengue

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has directed the commissioner Peshawar to take curative measures for controlling dengue virus in the provincial capital.

The commissioner should take the District Nazim, Tehsil Nazim and local elected representatives on board and evolve a strategy to overcome dengue in the city, he said.

He was presiding over two different meetings on reconstitution of Board of Governors of Ayub Medical College and taking curative measures to control Dengue in Peshawar City. Senior Minister Shahram Tarakai, Minister Qalandar Lodhi, Advisor to Chief Minister Mushtaq Ghani, Head of Strategic Support Unit Sahibzada Saeed, Secretary Health Abid Majeed and others attended.

Pervez Khattak also directed the Health Department to initiate steps on emergency basis for the prevention and against the spread of dengue virus in Peshawar. The chief minister advised the people to help the government in the cleanliness drive. He also directed for accelerated awareness raising of the people against the dengue virus.

The chief minister also directed for the reconstitution of Board of the Governors of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad in order to bring dynamism to the fruitful operationalisation of the institution. Pervez Khattak also ordered to formally submit the enquiry report regarding irregularities in the Ayub Medical Complex so that proper action could be initiated against the elements responsible for these irregularities. No one is above the law, adding that if somebody committed corruption then he would never escape punishment.