{"id":7235,"date":"2018-01-15T20:33:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T20:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2018-01-17T09:32:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T09:32:13","slug":"bill-gates-announces-to-expand-aid-for-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/bill-gates-announces-to-expand-aid-for-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates announces to expand aid for Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3955\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bill-Gates.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Gates\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" \/>American billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has announced a plan to increase financial aid for Pakistan, days after the U.S. administration suspended security assistance for the country, local media reported on Monday.<br \/>\nIn a letter sent to Pakistan\u2019s Health Minister Saira Afzal Tarar, Gates appreciated the government\u2019s efforts for eradication of Polio virus from the country, local daily Dawn reported.<br \/>\nPakistan is among three countries in the world, including Afghanistan and Nigeria, where polio virus still exists and the country remains under a polio-linked travel restriction imposed by the World Health Organization (WHO).<br \/>\nIn 2014, the WHO made it mandatory for all people traveling from Pakistan to carry a polio vaccination certificate.<br \/>\nDuring the last four years, Pakistan successfully brought the cases down from 306 in 2014 to 54 in 2015, 20 in 2016 and only 8 cases in 2017, while no case has yet been reported in the current year.<br \/>\n&#8220;Mr Gates, assured us to continue his assistance for Pakistan and increase aid for polio eradication and also for other sectors as well,&#8221; Sajid Husain Shah, spokesman for Ministry of Health, told Anadolu Agency.<br \/>\nAccording to the Health Ministry, Gates and Melinda Foundation have spent over Rs 72 billion ($654 million) as part of efforts to eradicate polio virus from Pakistan over the past five years.<br \/>\nOn January 1, President Donald Trump\u2019s Jan. 1 tweet had accused Pakistan of taking billions of dollars in aid from the United States and in return, \u201cgiving nothing but lies and deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools\u201d.<br \/>\nPakistan denied the U.S. allegations and said the U.S. needs to show more appreciation after Islamabad has fought terrorism \u201clargely from its own resources\u201d which it said cost over $120 billion in 15 years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/bill-gates-announces-to-expand-aid-for-pakistan\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has announced a plan to increase financial aid for Pakistan, days after the U.S. administration suspended security assistance for the country, local media reported on Monday. 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