As in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), resistance against polio campaigns has surfaced in Punjab as well.
People in the two villages of Fort Abbas have refused to get their children vaccinated against the crippling polio disease.
When polio teams arrived in the villages the locals not only refused to get their children administrated the polio drops but also used abusive language and misbehaved with the team members.
On the request of the field staff of the health department, the police registered cases against several residents against Pakistan Penal Code 86-34.
The police had offered them to be release if they allow the polio teams to administer polio drops to their children. However, the men adamantly refused and said that the police can take whatever action they want, they will not get their children vaccinated.
The accused said that polio drops and other vaccinations are part of an international conspiracy against Muslims. They claimed that their children and wives are perfectly healthy without any vaccinations for many years.
