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Pakistan to face travel ban if fails to control polio
* Senate committee told WHO ready to suggest ban on all Pakistanis going abroad if country fails to control polio by 2013
By Ijaz Kakakhel
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC), on Friday, warned that the international community had decided to ban all Pakistani going abroad if Pakistan failed to eradicate polio until 2013.
The senators termed it as an alarming situation and said that the government needed to take appropriate measures to meet the international requirement.
Senior officials of the IPC informed the committee that World Health Organisation (WHO) was ready to present a resolution against Pakistan but it was delayed due to the efforts of Pakistani ambassador in Geneva.
According to the WHO resolution, all Pakistani would be banned from going abroad after 2013, if the government failed to clear polio from Pakistan.
The official said the Pakistani ambassador informed the government of Pakistan to take measures in this regard, otherwise Pakistanis would not be allowed to go abroad.
Senator Dr Karim Ahmed Khawaja also confirmed the WHO report and urged his fellow members that the matter required efforts on emergency bases.
Senator Farah Aqil chaired the committee at the Parliament House. The committee also expressed dissatisfaction over the non-implementation of 18th Amendment in letter and spirit.
The committee said that the government had first devolved ministries and later retained most of the departments through establishing ministries in other names. The senators were of the view that there were certain forces that did not allow implementation of 18th Amendment and were creating hurdles.
Senator Kalsoom Parveen informed the committee that Balochistan had got nothing in the 18 devolved ministries and only received liabilities. She said, Whatever we want to transfer to provinces is not transferred and what we want to retain at federal level has been transferred. Citing the example of arms licences, she said neither the provinces nor the federal government were renewing the licences. She said, As a tradition, the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan keep weapons for personal security.
IPC secretary told the committee that the government had formed three committees to look into the devolution process.
The committee has decided to hold meeting with chief secretaries of all four provinces and asked them to tell what they did or did not receive under devolution process.
Senator Zahid Khan, special invitee to the committee, claimed that the 18th Amendment had not been implemented and that the federal government by establishing new ministries, retained departments of its interest.
He termed all these actions totally against the devolution process. These all are unconstitutional and illegal and some conspirators wanted to create hurdles in the implementation of 18th Amendment, he said.
The committee also discussed some health related issues including funding by donors to some vertical programmes and its mode of payment.
* Senate committee told WHO ready to suggest ban on all Pakistanis going abroad if country fails to control polio by 2013
By Ijaz Kakakhel
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC), on Friday, warned that the international community had decided to ban all Pakistani going abroad if Pakistan failed to eradicate polio until 2013.
The senators termed it as an alarming situation and said that the government needed to take appropriate measures to meet the international requirement.
Senior officials of the IPC informed the committee that World Health Organisation (WHO) was ready to present a resolution against Pakistan but it was delayed due to the efforts of Pakistani ambassador in Geneva.
According to the WHO resolution, all Pakistani would be banned from going abroad after 2013, if the government failed to clear polio from Pakistan.
The official said the Pakistani ambassador informed the government of Pakistan to take measures in this regard, otherwise Pakistanis would not be allowed to go abroad.
Senator Dr Karim Ahmed Khawaja also confirmed the WHO report and urged his fellow members that the matter required efforts on emergency bases.
Senator Farah Aqil chaired the committee at the Parliament House. The committee also expressed dissatisfaction over the non-implementation of 18th Amendment in letter and spirit.
The committee said that the government had first devolved ministries and later retained most of the departments through establishing ministries in other names. The senators were of the view that there were certain forces that did not allow implementation of 18th Amendment and were creating hurdles.
Senator Kalsoom Parveen informed the committee that Balochistan had got nothing in the 18 devolved ministries and only received liabilities. She said, Whatever we want to transfer to provinces is not transferred and what we want to retain at federal level has been transferred. Citing the example of arms licences, she said neither the provinces nor the federal government were renewing the licences. She said, As a tradition, the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan keep weapons for personal security.
IPC secretary told the committee that the government had formed three committees to look into the devolution process.
The committee has decided to hold meeting with chief secretaries of all four provinces and asked them to tell what they did or did not receive under devolution process.
Senator Zahid Khan, special invitee to the committee, claimed that the 18th Amendment had not been implemented and that the federal government by establishing new ministries, retained departments of its interest.
He termed all these actions totally against the devolution process. These all are unconstitutional and illegal and some conspirators wanted to create hurdles in the implementation of 18th Amendment, he said.
The committee also discussed some health related issues including funding by donors to some vertical programmes and its mode of payment.
