PM reaffirms polio-free Pakistan as vaccination team attacked in Swat

ISLAMABAD: In this file photo of April 20, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif administers polio vaccines to children at the inaugural ceremony of the National polio eradication campaign.

By Anzal Amin

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the polio vaccination team in Swat’s Matta area, in which a security official was martyred.

The prime minister, in a statement, expressed grief over the martyrdom of Levies personnel Abdul Kabeer, who was on duty to safeguard the polio vaccination team.

Praying for peace for the martyred soul and patience for the bereaved family, he said that the attack on those serving the important cause of polio eradication was intolerable.

“The government is committed to the complete eradication of polio from the country. Despite such resistance from terrorists, the anti-polio campaign continues with full momentum and will go on until the disease is completely eradicated,” he resolved.