KARACHI: The international humanitarian organisations on Thursday acknowledged the efforts made by the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, an SSGC official said.

In this regard, a ceremony was organised by the Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS) Pakistan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration.

Choice Ufuoma Okoro, head of office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs at the UN, attended the event and presented the token of appreciation to Salman A Siddiqui, head of corporate communications at SSGC.

A number of other corporate sector entities were also presented with the tokens of appreciation on the occasion for their respective roles in stemming the menace of Covid-19.

Throughout the pandemic, SSGC provided support on the government and NGO level to help people affected by the pandemic.

The company is also providing vaccination facilities to the general public via its medical centres in its franchise areas.