Pakistan not under threat
July 19th, 2006
Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, Pakistan’s Federal interior minister, has declared there is no risk of bird flu outbreaks in the country, as the government is taking steps important steps towards saving the poultry industry. The minister expressed his views during a ceremony of distribution of cheques to the affected owners of poultry farms. He also said that the government is responsible both for the life and property of people, expressing its unity with a nation whose Prime Minister (Shaukat Aziz) ate chicken along with his whole cabinet, in a time when bird flu posed a great risk to the country.
Poultry flocks owners were praised for offering their full cooperation to authorities, allowing the culling of the affected hens. The government has however promised to compensate the loss by distributing cheques among them.