Commissioner Bannu Division Shaukat Ali Yousafzai has said that anti-polio strategy has been formulated keeping in view the requirements of the time and ground realities to ensure eradication of polio from Bannu Division. Negligence will not be tolerated in any way. Therefore, the campaign starting from March 14 should be made successful in any case.
He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting of the Divisional Task Force on Polio Eradication at his office on Saturday. Regional Police Officer Bannu Syed Ashfaq Anwar, Deputy Commissioner Bannu Muhammad Zubair Khan Niazi, Deputy Commissioner North Waziristan Shahid Ali Khan, Additional Deputy Commissioner Lukki Marwat Anwar Khan Sherani, Pak Army officers, District Police Officer Bannu Imran Shahid, SP Lakki, Health department officials, SP North Waziristan, District Health Officer North Waziristan were present.
During the meeting, anti-polio officials and representatives of the health department briefed the participants about the anti-polio measures and the current situation. A large number of Pakistan Army and Police personnel will be deployed to provide security to polio personnel during the vaccination campaign.