PM Shehbaz Sharif appreciated the Gates Foundation’s continued partnership with Pakistan and highlighted priorities including polio eradication, health and a cashless economy.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met a delegation from the Gates Foundation in Islamabad and appreciated the foundation’s continued support and partnership in addressing Pakistan’s development challenges.
The delegation included Gates Foundation representatives Kalpana Kochhar and Anita Zaidi.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to achieving the shared goal of complete polio eradication. He said the national polio eradication program had received the highest-level government patronage.
The prime minister also acknowledged the Gates Foundation’s contribution to polio eradication, health, nutrition, financial inclusion and the welfare of vulnerable segments of society.
He said key reform priorities, including digital payments, food security, maternal and newborn health, poverty reduction and climate change, were part of the government’s broader governance reform agenda.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the transition toward a cashless economy was a central component of the government’s transformation agenda.
He said the objective of a cashless Pakistan was to make everyday life easier for ordinary citizens while improving the efficiency and transparency of economic and government transactions.
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