Two policemen martyred, one injured in attack on polio team in K-P's Mohmand

Police identified the martyred personnel as Zahoor and Arabi, while the injured officer was named Sabir. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the firing on the personnel deployed on anti-polio duty, paying tribute to the two policemen martyred in the incident.

Naqvi expressed "heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the families of the martyred," the statement said. "The policemen deployed to protect polio workers are striving for our healthy future," Naqvi said. He also termed the incident "unacceptable," saying that "the elements involved in the firing do not deserve any leniency.

"Read:24m children to get polio drops in upcoming drive. Earlier, four polio workers were abductedby unidentified armed men after being subjected to gunfire in the Tank district, while two other members of a polio vaccination team, who had been kidnapped in Lower South Waziristan, were subsequently released.

The incident in Tank occurred in the village of Jious, located in the Sheikh Attar union council, where unidentified armed men abducted four polio workers. The gunmen reportedly took all four workers to an undisclosed location.

In a separate incident, two members of a polio vaccination team were abducted by armed men in the Azam Warsak area of Lower South Waziristan. Sources said armed men affiliated with the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were allegedly involved in the kidnapping.

However, both polio workers were later released. The incidents came amid a special anti-polio campaign launched on November 2 in 97 selected districts across the country. Centre (NEOC) for Polio Eradication, the campaign will continue until November 8.

NEOC confirmed. Pakistan’s seventh polio caseof the year, reported from Khyber district of K-P. The affected child was a 13-month-old girl belonging to Jan Baz Union Council in Bara tehsil, the NEOC said. This was the second polio case reported from Khyber district this year and the sixth from K-P.