Achi news desk-
Riyadh Prime Minister (International Desk) Shahbaz Sharif has said that climate change has affected Pakistan a lot.
Addressing the World Economic Forum, he said, in 2003, when I was in Saudi Arabia, I got cancer, I was taken to New York and I had an operation, then I had to pay thousands of dollars for treatment at the time think how much people in my country who can get such treatment? Then I came to Pakistan and was elected the Chief Minister of Punjab, then we built hospitals for kidney, liver and cancer in Punjab, many people in our country cannot afford expensive treatment.
He said the biggest problem today is global inequality, which Covid has further highlighted, besides climate change has completely changed the landscape.
He said that climate change has affected Pakistan a lot, the flood of 2022 destroyed Pakistan and we had to spend billions of rupees to rehabilitate people.
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He said that as the Chief Minister of Punjab, I provided excellent hepatitis facilities in my state, I built the best kidney and liver hospital, which is the best hospital in South Asia.
Shahbaz Sharif said that dengue had seriously affected Pakistan in 2011, I didn’t know about dengue then, we used to meet experts from morning till night, it was a challenge, I transported machines to’ the hospital through controlled dengue flights.
The Prime Minister said that Sri Lankans warned me that this year the Prime Minister will die a lot in your country, so I did not sleep that night, but this year only 250 people died in Punjab.
He said that efforts are underway to completely eradicate polio in the country.
