KARACHI: Jennifer Jones, the first-ever female president of Rotary International in its 117-year history, is set to arrive in Karachi on Sunday (today) for a week-long visit.

According to a statement issued here on Saturday, reviewing the impact of Rotary’s polio eradication and other humanitarian projects in Pakistan will be the focus of her visit.

The Rotary International and the WHO launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. Jennifer Jones is the co-chair of the End Polio Now. Since 1985, Rotary’s key humanitarian priority has been to have a polio free world.

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2022

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