Global body indicts Punjab govt for being ‘polio epicentre`
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LAHORE: The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), the apex global body — has exposed the Punjab government`s anti-polio eradication programme while declaring Lahore the “epicentre of the polio transmission”. The IMB provides an assessment of the progress being made by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in the detection and interruption of polio transmission globally. “Lahore has become the epicentre of the polio transmission, with continuous detection of positive environmental samples and periodic incidence of polio cases,” reads the report of the IMB recent...