Panic Against Polio Vaccination Created Under A Planned Conspiracy-Shaukat Yousafzai

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister, Shaukat Ali Yousafzai Tuesday said that panic against polio vaccination is created in Peshawar under a planned conspiracy and responsible person behind this drama has been arrested by polic

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Apr, 2019 ) :Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister, Shaukat Ali Yousafzai Tuesday said that panic against polio vaccination is created in Peshawar under a planned conspiracy and responsible person behind this drama has been arrested by police.

Addressing a press conference here at Cabinet Room of Civil Secretariat, Shaukat Yousafzai said the rumor was first released from a private school and soon it engulfed the whole city trapping children and parents psychologically ensuing in rushing of thousands of students to hospitals.

A large number of children were brought to different hospitals of Peshawar district in a single day which caused a lot of panic and concern among city dwellers and parents, Shaukat added.

However, he continued, media played a very positive and mature role and uncovered the whole conspiracy besides exposing the person responsible behind it who is now behind the bars.

"This whole drama was part of a planned conspiracy which worked and misled the entire population," Shaukat reiterated.

He said police is investigating the whole issue and soon the persons whole set Basic Health Unit (BHU) ablaze would be identified and action be taken against them.

The main character of this episode, Nazar Muhammad, is being arrested by Police and court has sent him on remand for one day, Shaukat told newsmen.

Information Minister said hints about political involvement behind this episode is also found on which Police is working and soon will unveil the real motives as why this drama is being staged.

He also urged masses to not give heed to such conspiracies and cooperate with health teams in making vaccination campaign a success so that we could get rid of this debilitating disease.

In response to a question, Information Minister held out assurance of giving full protection to polio vaccinators and other team members.