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Pakistan polio worker gets death threat. Photo Courtesy: Pixabay

Pakistan: Jamrud polio worker receives death threat

| @indiablooms | Dec 15, 2024, at 12:39 am

Suspected terrorists issued death threats to a polio worker in Pakistan's Jamrud area and asked him to stop what they called 'improper activity'.

Operational officer for the Polio Initiative Programme in the Ghundi union council Mirzali Khan told Dawn that after he left home in Gudar area at around 9pm on Dec 7 for the Jamrud civil hospital, two masked men on a motorcycle intercepted him.

He told the Pakistani newspaper that one of the gunmen, who was carrying a pistol, threatened to shoot him if he did not stop administering polio drops to children.

He said the two men then escaped from the spot.

He said he informed local police and his supervisor about the incident.

He demanded police security for himself and his family members.

Local health officials involved in the Polio Initiative Programme confirmed to Dawn News and said that they were in contact with the police to seek better security for vaccinators and other polio team members.

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