No polio virus found in Peshawar while in Lahore Karachi.. Slap on Saad Rafique

[Dubious]

Good for Peshawar, but why is it a good thing if cases are reported elsewhere? Last I checked we were trying to get rid of this menace.

Get rid of it nation wide why are people defending their areas? Just because it was not detected in 1 region means nothing..it should go extinct!

 

[Shahmir]

Even so, is newspapers new reliable? If yes, they have not traced anything to KPK. Polio has been traced to FATA / Waziristan which as per constitution of Pakistan, actually comes under the Federal Government not KPK.

It is not a matter of being reliable or not, but the general practice in civilised world is to use sources that have written forms and since newspapers have printed copies available so at least they qualify as a reasonable source, reliablity comes later after thoroughly scrutinizing the content of the news by cross checking and referencing.

Even so, is newspapers new reliable? If yes, they have not traced anything to KPK. Polio has been traced to FATA / Waziristan which as per constitution of Pakistan, actually comes under the Federal Government not KPK.

And every one knows what is going on in FATA, it is a no go area there is war going on there so how can one expect anything normal happening there.

 

[Amaa'n]

Can we stop playing the politics card for.once and start focusingg on the real issue?
It does.not matter whether the case is in peshawer, fata or.god forsaken area in Karachi, because last time i.checked they were part of a country called Pakistan.

 

[Amaa'n]

Get rid of it nation wide why are people defending their areas? Just because it was not detected in 1 region means nothing..it should go extinct!

Welcome to Pakistan of today...and it is funny, they live by the motto " divided we stand and United we fall"

 

[Dubious]

Welcome to Pakistan of today...and it is funny, they live by the motto " divided we stand and United we fall"

I remember I brought this up (that didnt their daddy teach them united we stand and divided we fall) in a thread and I got trolled and Indians took full advantage and gave me a full time bashing on it...sad truth...

 

[ziaulislam]

Can we stop playing the politics card for.once and start focusingg on the real issue?
It does.not matter whether the case is in peshawer, fata or.god forsaken area in Karachi, because last time i.checked they were part of a country called Pakistan.

it matters in the sense that all over the news PML N keeps blaming PTI for polio, not realizing that its there weakness and incompetence in the first place..
problem lies in FATA which should be tackled by PMLN or handed over to KPK as per resolution passed by ANP

 

[Dubious]

in matter in the sense that all over the news PML N keeps blaming PTI for polio, not realizing that its there weakness and incompetence in the first place..
problem lies in FATA which should be tackled by PMLN or handed over to KPK as per resolution passed by ANP

Not until we unite we wont be able to do much except point fingers and suffer!

I dont care whose responsible thats their problem I am interested in the how to solve it (get rid off the virus NATIONWIDE)

 

[Marshmallow]

Not until we unite we wont be able to do much except point fingers and suffer!

I dont care whose responsible thats their problem I am interested in the how to solve it (get rid off the virus NATIONWIDE)

lol i just noticed your signature....

 

[Dubious]

lol i just noticed your signature....

nice naa?

 

[Marshmallow]

nice naa?

haha this is funny...you all are teasing each other here thru signatures now.... im like kind of trying to read everyone's signature now on different threads! lol

 

[Dubious]

haha this is funny...you all are teasing each other here thru signatures now.... im like kind of trying to read everyone's signature now on different threads! lol

tweety bird's saying was interesting so i took it

 

[Jazzbot]

hahahahahah

declared polio free.

In today news

2 new cases today, one in Karachi and one in North Waziristan. In both cases origin is the same in FATA. Only Punjab, GB, AJK and Balochistan are polio free this year.

Alarm bells: Two polio cases emerge in Karachi, Miramshah – The Express Tribune

PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD / KARACHI:
Pakistan’s reported polio cases for the year climbed to 61 on Monday, as two fresh samples collected from children in Karachi and North Waziristan Agency were confirmed as poliovirus type 1.

The National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, identified the latest patients as 18-month-old Hifsa of Karachi’s Gadap Town and 14-month-old Shakila Naz of Miramshah, who received no vaccination against the crippling virus.

“We aren’t sure if Hifsa was ever administered polio drops,” an official of the Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI) told The Express Tribune on condition of anonymity.

He said that while they had received reports that the toddler has been immunised, EPI was unable to confirm this. “The parents are not sharing the data of polio vaccination. We have to collect more information to verify these reports,” the official said.

The new reports put 2014’s total polio cases from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) at 47, with the total from Karachi to five.

Impenetrable Gadap

The surfacing of new polio cases in Karachi and Miramshah indicate the failure of vaccination teams to conduct successful campaigns in both areas. But while the military is turning the wheels of an awareness drive in the restive tribal areas of the country, certain areas of Gadap are becoming increasingly inaccessible for vaccinators.

Out of the five cases reported in Sindh this year, three have emerged from a part of Gadap Town which fearful polio workers describe as a ‘tribal village’; there are fewer women on the narrow streets, but sufficient mosques for the small population of Pakhtun settlers that dominate the locality, as well as frequenters from two Afghan settlements nearby.

A top official of EPI revealed that the Sindh government is unable to initiate a polio awareness campaign in volatile pockets of Karachi, and that Gadap especially is considered inaccessible.

“Gadap is Sindh’s Waziristan,” the official admitted, requesting anonymity. “It is very difficult to launch polio campaigns there in full swing or start a polio awareness drive there,” he added.

He blamed the ‘religious mindset’ of workers as well as the presence of members of banned outfits for the failure to conduct successful campaigns. “We launch a weekly drive with utmost care. It is very risky.”

Another official disclosed that seven to eight cases were expected this year. “We don’t expect more cases after June,” the official said, adding that the cases surface from localities where parents refuse polio drops for minors.

A senior official linked to the Prime Minister’s Polio Cell in Islamabad said that besides Fata, the five other areas that have become ‘problematic for Pakistan’ include Gadap, Baldia Town and Orangi in Karachi and Banu and Peshawar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

While the high refusal rate is a major stumbling black for a polio-free Gadap, the law and order situation and presence of criminals is another hindrance which deters workers from visiting each house in the area.

“The polio teams miss some streets. We can’t force them to visit every house. It is their responsibility not ours,” a police official from Karachi told The Express Tribune during a vaccination drive that took place on May 4.

“They can’t do it just for the measly Rs250 a day,” a doctor said. “The drive needs mature, competent and committed volunteers.”

The doctor highlighted that yet another challenge for workers crisscrossing through these sensitive areas is their lack of knowledge of the vicinity. “[For this reason], they don’t complete their tasks. We receive a report that they completed their work within two to four hours – residents are being cheated by polio workers,” he added.

It is also learnt that 80 per cent of the polio workers in the city are operating without security, despite fatal attacks on vaccination teams. One polio worker said that when families refuse vaccination, the vaccinators are afraid to insist for fear of a backlash.

“Even the children who are given polio drops in Gadap are at risk as they are living side by side with families who refuse vaccination,” a senior polio worker said. “Migration and population movement is a major reason [behind the spread] but we lack a concrete policy. We also lack a policy of punishment for parents who refuse vaccination,” the worker added.

A high-level meeting of the city’s health officials with top officials of the polio programme and the Sindh health minister is expected to discuss the alarming incidence of cases within 48 hours.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 13th, 2014.

FATA is not part of KPK, kick in the nuts of your Prime Minister who is directly in charge of FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas)..

TV news are NOT considered reliable or authenic news source anywhere in the world. If you want other people to take your point of view seriously then always use well known reputed newspapers as sources.

You my friend have taken Patwari Logic to a whole new level, congratulations.

Can we stop playing the politics card for.once and start focusingg on the real issue?
It does.not matter whether the case is in peshawer, fata or.god forsaken area in Karachi, because last time i.checked they were part of a country called Pakistan.

Who is wrong? The federal govt who's ministers always give racial or provincial statements? Take Saad Rafique or Abid Sher Ali as an example. Or the provincial govt who's performance speaks for itself? Remember KP Govt didn't respond to Saad Rafique's stupid allegations regarding polio in Peshawar, its media channels who have slapped his bitch face..

 

[ziaulislam]

Not until we unite we wont be able to do much except point fingers and suffer!

I dont care whose responsible thats their problem I am interested in the how to solve it (get rid off the virus NATIONWIDE)

i am not in this blaming thing but the problem is that fedral govt is not even considering polio on its agenda. its pretty much evident.
its similar to what PPPP was doing with the loadshedding issue (blaming others, doing nothing)
if this type of behavior persists, we will end up as the only country in world having polio. also the aid agencies bilions of rupees will become loans instead of aid as per regulation

 

[chauvunist]

This whole provincial divide thing is started by Patwari league...One day Abid sher ali comes to peshawar and calls everyone here bijli chorr and the next day utter the same bakwas about Sindhi's...Then there comes the Mofo saad rafique and Bans People from other provinces to his Holy province...

But the good thing is that people and govt of KPK hasn't responded in the same language keeping country's unity and harmony prior to their Emotions..

 

[Shahmir]

This whole provincial divide thing is started by Patwari league...One day Abid sher ali comes to peshawar and calls everyone here bijli chorr and the next day utter the same bakwas about Sindhi's...Then there comes the Mofo saad rafique and Bans People from other provinces to his Holy province...

But the good thing is that people and govt of KPK hasn't responded in the same language keeping country's unity and harmony prior to their Emotions..

Why all the BS is always coming from kpk against punjab, we in punjab have no interest what is happening in kpk so should they. Why there has not been any friction between governments of sindh and balochistan and punjab, why because the people living in these provinces dont poke their noses in the local affairs of the other provinces.