PM tasks authorities to ensure polio vaccines in Pakistan where security challenges exist

PM tasks authorities to ensure polio vaccines in Pakistan where security challenges exist

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Wed, 2024-07-31 15:49

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday tasked authorities to ensure the provision of polio vaccines in certain areas of Pakistan where security challenges exist, a statement from his office said, as Islamabad grapples to contain the spread of the infectious disease. 

Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, which borders Afghanistan, has been the scene of several attacks on police, security forces and anti-polio vaccination teams in recent months. 

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