Review: Officials examine results of UAE-Pak joint venture

PESHAWAR:

A meeting was held on Friday to review the jointly-led UAE and Pakistan polio campaign, which began in June in the tribal areas.

According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations, representatives of World Health Organization, Unicef, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were present at the meeting.

Special teams had been formed for the purpose of the drive, and children from militancy-hit areas had been vaccinated, claimed the statement. These included children from North Waziristan now living in DI Khan, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Frontier Region Bannu and Kurram Agency.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 6^th, 2014.