AKU is trusted partner of Sindh Govt in health and education sector: CM    

• He said while speaking on the occasion of AKU Founder’s Day.
• He said Sindh Govt is working closely with AKU in health care.
• The CM offered heartiest felicitations to the graduates.

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Aga Khan University(AKU) has been a trusted partner of Sindh government for  decades but in recent years, the partnership has proven its value like never before.

“At the start of the pandemic, when Pakistan was recording its first cases of the virus, there were so many unknowns, there were so many questions in need of answers at that difficult time, therefore expertise of AKU was invaluable.”

This he said while speaking on the occasion of Agha Khan University Founder’s Day – the 40th Anniversary, and the Convocation of the Class of 2022 at Aga Khan University.

Mr Shah said that AKU has been a trusted and great partner of his government. “At the  start of the pandemic, when Pakistan was recording its first cases of the virus, there were so many unknowns and so many questions in need of answers,” he said and added at that difficult time, the expertise of AKU was invaluable and it was so willing to share its knowledge even in the middle of the night, there was always someone from the University available to assist us.

Murad Shah said that as the case count of COVID-19 rose, and it became clear we needed to provide additional training to our doctors and nurses in caring for seriously ill Covid patients, we naturally turned to AKU.

The CM recalled that throughout the pandemic, his government relied on AKU for data on the spread of the virus and the arrival of new strains.

Murad Shah said that he could recount many more examples of AKU addressing important health and education issues in partnership with the public sector-from increasing access to vaccination in underserved areas of Karachi, to training teachers in rural Sindh.

The CM said he would be working  closely with AKU to bring outstanding health care and education to the people of Sindh and Pakistan.

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