Summary Pakistan recorded 91 cases of polio last year, up from 58 in 2012.
DI KHAN (Web Desk) - Two policemen escorting a polio vaccination team for security were shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday.
As per details, the two policemen were returning to their homes after performing their duties when they were targeted by unknown gunmen.
According to police, the incident took place in Dera Town when terrorists opened fire on the policemen, killing the two on the spot.
Police and rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the bodies to the DHQ for post-mortem.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Jan 17 had declared Pakistan's troubled northwestern city of Peshawar as the world’s “largest reservoir” of endemic polio and called for urgent action to boost vaccination.
Militant groups see vaccination campaigns as a cover for espionage, and there are also long running rumours about polio drops causing infertility.
Increasing number of polio cases have give rise to fears that Pakistanis could face travel restrictions over the growing polio cases in the country.
