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Copy escorting employees of the Martyrs Polio at KP Ambush

Copy escorting employees of the Martyrs Polio at KP Ambush



Police officers checked the place of crime after a shooting in the polio vaccination team in this unsatisfied picture. - Geo News
Police officers checked the place of crime after a shooting in the polio vaccination team in this unsatisfied picture. – Geo News

Khyber: Polio vaccination team was planted by armed attackers during the drive in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district in the district, which caused that the martyrdom of the cop ensuring safety.

The vaccination team was attacked in the Bakarabad area on the first day of the AntiPolio viral campaign, which was introduced this morning throughout the country.

Fortunately, Polio employees remained safe in the attack, but the policeman assigned to their safety was a martyr.

Constable Abdul Khaliq. - reporter
Constable Abdul Khaliq. – reporter

Police said that the attackers managed to escape after the attack, while the vaccination drive was suspended in the area.

The martyr policeman was identified as Constable Abdul Khaliq.

After receiving information about the incident, a heavy police contingent arrived in place and fenced off in the area of ​​the jurisdiction of the Jamrudabad police station.

The police said that control points were also established in various locations to stop terrorists.

The official of the Health Department, speaking, provided anonymity, confirmed that the Polio vaccination team was dismissed from the Bakarabad area and the campaign was postponed.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif started the seven -day Anti -Polyio campaign throughout the country, the first this year. 945 Polio teams participate in the campaign, aimed at vaccinating 208,000 children in the Khyber district.

Meanwhile, anti-vacancy disks began in various parts of Pendjab, KP, Sindh and Belżistan. However, the quett campaign will start tomorrow.

During the inauguration of the campaign, the most important confirmed the government’s determination to eliminate the mutilation from the country. He said that Polio’s domestic vaccination drive would direct millions of children in the country to save their future and health.

Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only countries where the polio remains endemic and vaccination teams are often attacked, which sometimes also causes the death of Polio employees and security employees.

In the country in the country last year in cases of polio worried, registering 77 cases compared to six in 2023.

Polio can easily be prevented by orally giving a few drops of vaccine, but strict efforts authorities regarding the elimination of polio are facing serious challenges, especially in areas where uncertainty, disinformation and parental refusal interfere with the vaccination campaign. The results of polio vaccination employees and their escorts have been killed during similar attacks over the years.