Two polio workers abducted in Tank as nationwide polio drive begins

A health worker administers polio drops to a child on the first day of a poliovirus eradication campaign in Karachi.—AFP

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two polio workers were abducted by armed assailants in Tank district here on Monday as a five-day polio campaign kicked off across the country.

The workers were performing their duties in the Dolat Koruna area of Tank as part of the ongoing vaccination drive.

The abducted workers identified as a Union Council official, Sifat Khan, and his colleague Hizbullah.