Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday assured full support and cooperation to Dr Sania Nishtar, Pakistan’s candidate for the World Health Organization (WHO)’s director general post.
Dr Sania Nishtar called on the finance minister and thanked him for supporting her candidature for the position of WHO Director General. She apprised the minister of the fact that the WHO executive board had selected her, by vote, as one of three candidates to be presented to the World Health Assembly as nominees for the post.
She said that member states will vote in a new director general at the World Health Assembly in May. The other two final candidates are Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Ethiopia and Dr David Nabarro from the United Kingdom. She said that the final three candidates were selected by the Executive Board after interviewing five short-listed candidates.
The minister congratulated Dr Nishtar on making it to the final round of elections for the prestigious position. He said that her strong candidature and prospective selection for the position would help raise Pakistan’s global profile even further.
He emphasised that the government of Pakistan will continue to extend full support and cooperation to Dr Nishtar for her candidature and conveyed his best wishes to Dr Nishtar for the remainder of the selection process.
