Authorities on Sunday completed one-day anti-polio vaccination driver in 25 union councils of Karachi while pillion-riding was banned on the occasion.
The ban remained effective from 8am to 6pm on Sunday in the union councils declared ‘sensitive’. Officials said health workers had been given security by police and Rangers in all the areas during immunization drive. The 24 union councils included Gadap Town’s UC-4 Gujro, UC-5 Snowgul and UC-8 Manghopir; Gulshan-e-Iqbal’s UC-10 Pahalwan Goth, UC-11 Metroville, UC-12 Gulzar Hijri and UC-13 Safoora Goth; Baldia Town’s UC-1 Gulshan-e-Ghazi, UC-2 Ittehad Town, UC-3 Islamnagar and UC-4 Naalabadi; Orangi Town’s UC-1 Mominabad, UC-13 Baloch Goth and UC-2 Haryana Colony; Site Town’s UC-7 Banaras, UC-8 Qasba Colony and UC-9 Islamia Colony; Bin Qasim’s UC-2 Rehri Goth, UC-3 Bhains Colony and UC-4 Quaidabad; Landhi Town’s UC-1 Muzaffarabad and UC-2 Muslimabad, Saddar Town’s UC-9 Civil Lines; and, Gulberg Town’s UC-8 Shafiq Mahal.
