TANK: Four polio workers performing their duties during an anti-polio campaign were abducted by unidentified armed men in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Tuesday, according to media reports.
Police said the workers were carrying out vaccination duties in the village of Jiyos when they were taken away. The abducted personnel were identified as UC Medical Officer Qadeer, Area In-charge Usman, and polio workers Sameer and Umair.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi expressed concern and strongly condemned the abduction. He directed the authorities to take immediate and effective measures to ensure the safe recovery of the workers.
The governor said polio teams were performing a national duty to secure children’s future and that targeting them was against humanitarian values and the national interest.
He stressed that providing security to vaccination teams was the government’s responsibility.
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