US, Ban Ki-moon condemn attacks on polio workers in Pakistan

Washington: United States (US) and United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned attacks on health care activists across two provincial capitals of Pakistan, Karachi and Peshawar.

Gunmen in Pakistan killed six health workers at the start of a nationwide polio vaccination drive, officials said Tuesday, highlighting resistance to a campaign opposed by the Taliban. Four women were killed in less than an hour in seemingly coordinated attacks in Karachi on Tuesday, a day after a man working on a local government-World Health Organization (WHO) project was also shot dead in the city, police said. A sixth worker, also a woman, was killed on Tuesday in the northwestern city of Peshawar, which lies close to the tribal areas, a haven for the Taliban and other militants who ordered a ban on polio vaccinations in June. http://rtilive.pk/detail/8082 Right to Information Pakistan Live, RTI Live, Information Pakistan, RTI online Research ORganization,pakistan,news pakistan, pakistan news,punjab,lahore,United States, US, United Nations, UN, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, WHO,