Pakistan time: 4 p.m.The third day of anti-polio campaign by the KKF began in Karachi early this morning. Similar to the previous two days of the campaign the KKF volunteers continued thier hard work to provide immunization to as many children as possible. The Campaign will end today. It has been reported that during the three days soeme 20000 volunteers participated along side the MQM Medical Aid Committee, Members of the Paramedical Staff and other wings of the MQM fully participated. The representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) also visited the KKF camps and praised their voluntary efforts.
In
Hyderabad, on the popular demand of the public the anti-polio
campaign has been extended for two days. During these two days
only ambulance mobile service will be available for polio
vaccination.
The
second day of anti-polio campaign by the KKF began in Karachi
early this morning. It has been reported that overnight some of
camps were brought down. However, the volunteers continued with
the immunization campaign.
MQM Deputy Convenor Ms Nasreen Jalil and other
members of MQM Coordination Committee, visited the KKF Camps in
all the five districts of Karachi. They even went door-to-door to
check if each and every household has been made aware of the
polio vaccination campaign. During the visits, they praised the
hard work of the KKF volunteers.
Moreover,
MQM Deputy Convenor and President KKF Sheikh Liaquat Hussain,
visited KKF Camps in Hyderabad. He praised the hard workd of KKF
volunteers and the MQM elected representatives for making the
polio campaign a great success.
The overwhelmingly
successful KKF Anti-Polio Camapaign is continuing in Karachi,
Hyderabad and other cities of Sindh Province. Large Number of
children have been vaccinated so far. Despite a few cases of the
highhandedness of the local police, the volunteers of KKF are
continuing with their immunization campaign. Mobile teams of
volunteers, struggling hard are trying their ebst to reached out
to each and every household through their door-to-door campaign.
With total disregard to the social welfare
activity of the KKF and the involvement of the volunteers to free
Karachi of polio, the personnel of Paramilitary Rangers, CIA and
Super Market Police Station at Liaquatabad, Karachi, raided the
KKF Camp, which was set-up near Post Office. The raiding party
was led by infamous SHO Nasir Hussain and resorted to
indiscriminate firing. During the raid, polio vaccines were
confiscated and dozens of KKF volunteers present at the Camp,
including several MQM office bearers and workers, were
arbitrarily arrested, brutally tortured and taken to the Police
Station. Further details awaited...
Sindh, including
Karachi and Hyderabad. Thousands of volunteers of KKF have spread
throughout the cities to carryout polio vaccination amongst the
citizens. The KKF in association with the WHO and UNICEF has
organised this polio campaign with a commitment to fully
eradicate polio from Pakistan. Some 250 Camps have been set-up in
different parts of the city of Karachi with the main office at
the KKF Head Office at ST-7, Block-14, Federal B. Area, Karachi,
Pakistan. Similarly in Hyderabad, the main camp has been set-up
at the KKF Building.
