Polio team beaten up in Khairpur

E-Paper | May 03, 2026

KHAIRPUR: Two polio vaccinators were wounded in Shah Latif town in Sindh's Khairpur district on Friday, DawnNews reported.

Unknown attackers beat up the members of the polio vaccination team with sticks.

A case was registered against unknown persons at the Shah Latif Police station.

Pakistan is one of three countries where the polio virus still exists.

The World Health Organisation had declared Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar as the world's “largest reservoir” of the polio virus.

Polio teams come under frequent attack from militant groups who see vaccination campaigns as a cover for espionage, and there are also long running rumours about polio drops causing infertility.

According to the World Health Organisation, Pakistan recorded 91 cases of polio last year compared with 58 in 2012.

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Akram

Jul 04, 2014 01:47pm

these brave polio workers are what keeps Pakistan running.

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Aurang

Jul 04, 2014 02:51pm

I at loss what these ignorant attackers want - we have a mass of illiterate people now they want is a mass of physically disabled people too. Back to the age of darkness!

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oldboy

Jul 04, 2014 06:25pm

Local people should be trained in administering polio vaccines and not send outsiders to administer polio drops , if this is done then all issues will be solved.

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Ayesha

Jul 05, 2014 02:36am

This is a very alarming news, it means that many people are under the influence of theTaliban's and they will carry on with ideology of these terrorists, they have brainwashed people with no understanding. They should not be at large and the authorities must trace them. Pakistan should be a polio free country as soon as possible

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