Pakistan to punish parents who do not have children vaccinated for polio

Immunisation efforts have also been hampered by fears that programmes may be use by foreign intelligence agencies. Last year it emerged that the CIA used a fake vaccination campaign in Abbottabad as spies closed in on Osama bin Laden’s hideaway.

As many as 200,000 children have missed their polio vaccinations in the past two years.

Health officials fear Pakistan could become a global incubator of the crippling disease.

Earlier this month the World Health Organisation warned that Pakistan could face international travel sanctions if it was unable to eradicate the disease.

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