Commissioner Bannu Division Shaukat Ali Yousafzai on Monday urged upon the parents to get their children vaccinated against polio to make the area free of the crippling disease.
Addressing the Grand Jirga for Polio Awareness for the dignitaries of Bannu Division, he said the people should take advantage from the anti-polio campaign so that future generations could be saved from permanent disability.
He said that anti-polio propaganda was based on mere lies, which need not be taken into consideration, adding that the people have carried out a lot of researches on polio vaccinate and ultimately got rid of the crippling disease, but unfortunately we have not been able to eradicate it yet. Addressing the grand Jirga, Deputy Commissioner Lakki Marwat Iqbal Hussain said there was an urgent need to raise awareness about infectious diseases like polio.
Similarly, DIG Bannu Saeed Ashfaq Anwar in his address said the police were doing their duty in anti-polio campaigns as well as sacrificing their lives to protect the future generation. Abdul Rahim Marwat, a member of Qaumi Marwat Ittehad, said that the services of Commissioner Bannu Division Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, Health Department, Police.
