More than 3000 police personnel deployed for ongoing polio vaccination drive: SSP Operation
PESHAWAR: SSP Operation Peshawar, Zahore Babar Afridi Monday visited different areas of city to check security arrangements and to convey a sense of safety to all polio vaccination teams taking part in the ongoing National Immunization Program (NIP) campaign in the provincial metropolis. During visit, SSP Operation expressed satisfaction over security arrangements for polio teams at various places and visited the Mamo Khatki check-post and police station Daudzai. He directed security staff to keep vigilance while performing their duties and for further tightening security measures adopted for polio teams. On the occasion, he also met with the area elders and ordered to resolve their problems immediately. He appealed them to identify Ice drug dealers and directed policemen for launching a grand crackdown against vendors of ice drug. SSP operations said that a comprehensive special security plan has been set up by Peshawar police for ongoing polio vaccination campaign under which more than 3,000 police personnel have been deployed. The Peshawar police would continue to play its vital role for establishment of peace and security in the city as well as the elimination of social evils, he pledged. – APP