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India-Pakistan
Nationwide polio campaign hits snags
2015-03-17
[DAWN] Although the third National Polio Campaign of the year 2015 was slated to start from Monday, but the drive has been postponed in at least nine cities across the country due to security reasons and adverse weather conditions.

In Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Quetta, the 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...
campaign was suspended due to the impending Pakistain Day parade on March 23. In Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, the campaign has been moved forward due to security reasons and the city has been divided into two portions for the purposes of the campaign. In parts of Abbottabad
... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden....
, Chitral, Mansehra
...a city and an eponymous district in eastern Khyber-Pakthunwa, nestled snug up against Pak Kashmir, with Kohistan and Diamir to the north and Abbottabad to the south...
, Astore and Skardu, the campaign has been affected by heavy snowfall.
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