LAHORE - In a startling revelation on Thursday, former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif got first dose of Covid vaccine on September 22 (last Wednesday) from Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital in Lahore though he left Pakistan for the UK in November 2019 and is still residing there.

The health officials, however, termed it a fake entry made in the official record of the National Immunisation Management System.

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar took notice of the false entry of corona vaccination at Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital and sought a report from the health secretary within 48 hours. He also directed that action be initiated against those responsible for the oversight. Following the chief minister’s directions, the Punjab Health Department wrote a letter to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to investigate the matter and take necessary action against the persons responsible for it.

Meanwhile, Punjab government’s spokesman Fayyazul Hassan Chohan in his media talk tried to downplay the development, saying that it happened all over the word. He said an investigation had been ordered and those found responsible would be punished. Chohan maintained that incidents of fake entries were being reported from across the globe. He asked reporters to surf the internet and see themselves how many countries were coping up with this challenge.

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Also, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz expressed surprise at the fake vaccination of Mian Nawaz Sharif, saying it could have global implications for Pakistan over the kind of system it had for the vaccine administration. “It only exposes the system and its vaccine registration mechanism,” she said while talking to the media in Islamabad. Maryam said she was worried about it.

Meanwhile, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill on Thursday said that the vaccinators involved in Nawaz Sharif’s vaccination scandal were not only suspended but also being sent to prison.

In a tweet, he said Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz officials would also be exposed in attempt to earn bad name to the country. Such elements would not succeed in their designs in presence of Punjab’s iron lady Dr Yasmin Rashid.He said Dr Yasmin performed very well during the Corona pandemic.