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Security lapse blamed for polio workers’ killing in Swabi
[DAWN] A three-member committee, formed on the directives of chief minister to hold a fact-finding probe into the killing of two lady health workers in Swabi district last week, has said in its report that security lapse made the slain vaccinators a soft target.The report submitted to the chief minister says that there were 17 polio  ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...vaccinating teams in Parmoli union council of Swabi but security arrangements were not up to the mark despite devising a plan for polio vaccinators 10 days ago. There was no security for the teams in the rural area, which allowed the suspected murderous Moslems to fire at the LHWs. One of them was killed instantly while the other died at the hospital. On Thursday last, the home and tribal affairs department formed the fact-finding committee, including the special secretary of home department, Islam Zeb, DIG Kashif Alam of police department and Sharif Hussain, the additional secretary of home department, to identify security lapse during the incident and propose suitable action to avoid such mishaps in future. Officials said that the police deployed 29,000 teams in every polio campaign to provide protection to polio workers in door-to-door drive but in Parmoli, where the latest incidence occurred, the vaccinators lacked security. The committee has recommended foolproof security for vaccinators in future to avoid such mishaps. Posted by: Fred 2020-02-08 |
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