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Levies, Khasadar personnel boycott polio duty in tribal districts |
2019-03-27 |
[DAWN] The Levies and Khasadar personnel in several tribal districts boycotted duty during the anti-polio![]() campaign on Monday. They vowed to continue the boycott till acceptance of their demands. The Levies and Khasadar personnel in the merged districts anonymously announced to boycott security duty during the anti-polio drive. The decision was made in a meeting of core committee of both the forces in all merged district. The Khasadar and Levies personnel have presented 22-point charter of demands to government. The boycott forced the health department to postpone the scheduled three-day campaign against polio in several areas of Bajaur tribal district. Sources said that bigwigs of local administration and health department earlier did not take the decision regarding boycott by personnel of both the forces seriously and termed pressure tactics for acceptance of their demands. |
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