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Gunmen kill a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio drive of the year
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Monday a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio vaccination drive of the year, police said. Pakistan has deployed thousands of police officers to protect health workers posted to go house-to-house to inoculate children and are targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination
Policeman slain as drive vs polio starts in Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he traveled on Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunization effort after a year of rising cases. The officer was in the area of Jamrud town in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when he was killed,
Policeman shot dead in K-P as nationwide polio vaccination drive begins
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday launched the year's first nationwide anti-polio campaign, running from February 3 to 9, by administering polio drops to children under five and reaffirming his commitment to eliminating the disease from Pakistan.
Pakistan Taliban kill police polio escort as vaccination drive starts
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year
Pakistan police officer killed as polio vaccination drive starts: police
A Pakistan police officer travelling to guard polio vaccinators was shot dead Monday, police said, on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising cases.
Pakistan: Pakistan launches first anti-polio drive of 2025 amid surge in cases
Pakistan on Monday kicked off its first anti-polio drive of 2025 after witnessing a sharp increase in polio cases last year. Over 45 million children under the age of five will be immunized with the anti-polio vaccine during the campaign which will continue till Feb.
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Cop escorting polio workers martyred in KP ambush
KHYBER: A polio vaccination team was ambushed by armed assailants during the inoculation drive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, resulting in the martyrdom of the cop ...
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