IG Islamabad directs SPs, DIGs to monitor security of polio workers
Negligence in security of anti-polio teams will not be tolerated, Amir Zulfiqar Khan said.
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Polio Workers
PM acclaims polio workers’ dedication
'This dedication is what will enable us to achieve our goal of a polio free nation'
Polio workers performing duty on snow-covered mountains meet PM Imran
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday invited those polio workers to the Prime Minister House who have been performing their duties in harsh freezing weather, ARY News reported.
PM Khan has hailed performance of "the brave polio workers" in a meeting.
Videos of some of the polio workers have gone viral on social media in which they can be seen wading through snow in intense cold weather.
The prime minister encouraged the polio workers for their dedication and passion for eradication of polio from the…
Govt gives countrywide polio workers raise on daily wage: sources
KARACHI: The government on Monday decided to raise daily wage of the workers busy in anti-polio vaccination by Rs100 which will make their remuneration Rs500 a day, ARY News reported.
Sources said the decision would be applicable to all the 0.2 million polio workers all over the country from February 1.
They said the raise had been given for the next three years.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Friday approved revised emergency plan for eradication of polio at a cost of 986.29…
Gang posing as polio workers attempt to enter house in Karachi
KARACHI: A gang of robbers posing as polio workers attempted to forcefully enter a house in Nusrat Bhutto Colony in North Nazimabad area of Karachi, ARY News reported.
Video footage shows that one veiled woman and two men attempt enter a house. However, they faced stiff resistance from the house residents who refused to open the main door.
The robbers forced their way but failed and eventually fled from the scene of the incident. There are reportedly two more accomplices who were present at the other end of the street…
Four Pakistani polio workers awarded in France
ISLAMABAD/ PARIS: Four Pakistani polio workers were awarded with prestigious Louis Pasteur medals by the Pasteur Institute of France in recognition of their laudable services towards eradication of polio from Pakistan.
The polio workers, Mohammad Khuram Shehzad, Syed Latif, Azra Altaf, and Aziz Memon were awarded the medals in an impressive ceremony held on Monday in Pasteur Institute in Paris on the occasion of Polio Day.
The Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque, representatives of the World Health Organization…
Polio worker dies in Faisalabad attack
FAISALABAD: A firing incident in People's Colony area of Faisalabad claimed the life of a polio worker on Tuesday, ARY News reports.
Two polio workers killed in Mohmand Agency blast
MOHMAND AGENCY: Two polio workers were killed and another was injured in an explosion at Safi Tehsil area of Mohmand Agency, ARY News reports on Wednesday.
Countrywide anti-polio drive begins in Pakistan
KARACHI: A countrywide anti-polio drive is underway in which more than hundreds of thousands of children will be immunized from the virus, ARY News reports on Monday.