IG orders security for anti-polio drive
A paramilitary soldier stands guard as an inoculator administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a recent anti-polio drive in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: ONLINE
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon on Tuesday issued necessary instructions to police officers regarding the security of a week long anti-polio campaign in the province.
He said security measures should be ensured under strong linkages at police station level for the polio drive which commenced from August 15 and would continue till August 21. IGP ordered that security should be provided to polio teams on the basis of inner and outer cordon in potentially sensitive union councils (UC).
He directed to assign special responsibilities to police commandos in all sensitive UCs, besides deployment of plain clothed personnel.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2022.