No Bird Flu in Pakistan, Minister tells NA
Pakistan Times National News Desk

ISLAMABAD: The Minister of State for Food, Agriculture and Livestock Muhammad Ali Malkani has categorically stated that there is no evidence of disease of bird flu in the country.

Responding to a calling attention notice in the National Assembly here on Monday evening he however assured that the government has taken precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus of this disease.

He said government has imposed ban on the import of birds of every kind from the affected countries. He said laboratory tests have been carried out of various carcasses of migratory birds in the lakes of lower Sindh and not found any clue of bird flu.

The calling attention notice was moved by Fauzia Wahab and others regarding apprehension of spread of bird flu.

Health Minister Muhammad Naseer Khan said that no case of bird flu has been found in the poultry in the country so far.

The government is well aware of the problem and has taken every possible measure to check this disease, he said by adding; the government is approaching the WHO to obtain the vaccine for administering the poultry as preventive measures.●