Punjab government has put district administration and police on high alert after firing incidents on the teams administering polio drops in Karachi and Peshawar. Secretary Health Punjab Captain Arif Nadeem (Retd) has directed DCOs of those districts where polio vaccination is being administered to ensure the safety of the officials of polio campaign.

He directed the commissioners and DCOs to depute armed police officials with vaccination teams in sensitive areas of Rawalpindi, DG Khan, Attock, Mianwali and Rajanpur districts so that they could perform their duties peacefully.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2012