Police guard dies as polio attacked in Karak

KARAK: A police guard was martyred in a gun attack targeting polio vaccinator in Karak town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The polio team was unhurt in the attack.

According to senior police officials, investigation was launched to apprehend the shooters.

The martyred policeman was identified as Junaid.

The attack comes on the second day of the anti-polio drive week.

A five-day national polio immunisation drive began from Monday to vaccinate over 40 million children under the age of five across the country.

According to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, around 285,000 polio frontline workers will visit parents and caregivers at their doorsteps, adhering to strict coronavirus precautionary measures and protocols while vaccinating children.