A police officer was martyred in an attack on a polio vaccination team in Pishin district of Balochistan.
According to the police, the incident took place on Tuesday in Kali Tarta area of ​​the district. The officer was killed by unknown persons firing on the vaccination team.
The official has been identified as Muhammad Hashim. His body has been shifted to DHQ Hospital Pashin for post-mortem.
However, polio vaccine recipients were safe from this attack.
Police and security forces have cordoned off the area and a search has been launched for the assailants.
On Monday, Pakistan launched a week-long anti-polio campaign in 83 districts of the country’s four provinces.
Children under five years of age will be given polio drops.
A week-long anti-polio campaign is being conducted in 14 districts of Punjab including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Khushab, Sialkot, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Leh, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur. .
During the campaign in Sindh, about 6.5 lakh children under the age of five will be administered polio drops.
A three-day anti-polio campaign will begin in 28 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
During the campaign in Balochistan, 1.7 million children under the age of five will be given anti-polio shots.
So far in 2022, 20 confirmed cases of polio have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
