{"id":19786,"date":"2025-09-20T15:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19786"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:04:13","slug":"mustafa-kamal-has-daughter-vaccinated-publicly-to-dispel-cervical-cancer-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19786","title":{"rendered":"Mustafa Kamal has daughter vaccinated publicly to dispel cervical cancer rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>As the saying goes, charity begins at home,\u00a0Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Saturday publicly had his daughter vaccinated against cervical cancer in a bid to dispel widespread rumours about its safety.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Karachi, Kamal said misleading propaganda had been spread against the vaccine and that he wanted to \u201cprove with action, not words\u201d that it was safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had never brought my family into the public eye in my 30-year political career,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cBut to put an end to these baseless rumours, I have taken this step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamal said that just as he cared for his own daughter, Rija Kamal, he considered the daughters of the nation equally precious. \u201cOur purpose is to seek Allah\u2019s approval by protecting our people from disease,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The minister stressed that Pakistan\u2019s healthcare system cannot provide treatment to every citizen and that many patients remain in hospitals for extended periods. He called for greater emphasis on vaccination as a means of prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Kamal also warned that more vaccines would be introduced in the future and urged the public to adopt them to shield the nation from life-threatening illnesses. \u201cCancer is a deadly disease that affects not just an individual but entire families,\u201d he said, \u201cand prevention remains the best path forward.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes, charity begins at home,\u00a0Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Saturday publicly had his daughter vaccinated against cervical cancer in a bid to dispel widespread rumours about its safety. Speaking at a press conference in Karachi, Kamal said misleading propaganda had been spread against the vaccine and that he wanted to \u201cprove with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}