BoP opens drive-thru vaccination facility

LAHORE: After the successful launch of drive-thru Covid-19 vaccination facility in Lahore, The Bank of Punjab, in collaboration with the Health Department and Capital Development Authority and District Administration Islamabad, has taken another initiative to establish another drive-thru vaccination facility at the F-9 Park Islamabad for the benefit of the citizens of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and surrounding areas.

The vaccination facility was inaugurated jointly by Amir Khawaja, Secretary Health Department, Government of Pakistan, and Zafar Masud, President & CEO of The Bank of Punjab in line with the Corporate Social Responsibility strategy of the Bank, which focuses on taking initiatives for the benefit and wellbeing of our society.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Zafar Masud, President/CEO said, "it is our moral and social and business responsibility to lend a hand to provincial and national the Governments of Pakistan to supplement their wards efforts being put forth by them to get the whole Pakistani nation vaccinated against the deadly virus.

The Bank of Punjab has already established vaccination centers at its premises in different cities for getting the staff and their families vaccinated. Further, drive- through vaccination facility in Lahore has been a great success and has gathered praise from the general public regarding its usefulness and would like to replicate these experiences in other parts of the Country; today's effort is in that direction only.

The vaccination facility will be open for all citizens from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. from Monday to Saturday (Sunday will be closed). The ceremony was attended by officials of the federal government, health officials of the federal capital, senior officials of The Bank of Punjab, as well as members of the print and electronic media.