The Senate unanimously approved a resolution, tabled by PPP Senator Jehangir Badar, condemning the attacks on polio campaign workers in Pakistan, a private TV channel reported.
The resolution, while condemning the attacks on polio workers, noted that the polio campaign in the country should continue and that the perpetrators should be arrested.
Earlier on Wednesday, at least nine polio workers had been killed in different incidents in Karachi, Peshawar and Charsadda. The campaigns were suspended in these areas by United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO).
According to media news thousands of Pakistani children are at high risk of Polio disease after killing of ten polio workers most of them were women in Karachi and other different parts of country. After well coordinated attack and killing of several polio vaccination program workers UNO has stopped polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan. Local health official also received threats from militants. Militants has already banned health workers to enter South and North Waziristan for immunization campaign. According to health officials due to ban imposed by militants record number of Polio cases reported this year. Due to last year worst floods and army operation thousands of families have migrated to temporary shelters and don’t have proper medical and sanitation facilities and government is not able to reach thousands of children due to security concern which is very unfortunate.
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