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have been detected on Friday in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KP) and Fata, increasing the number of cases so far this year to 138.
Official sources confirmed to Dawn.com that the new cases, reported to health authorities and polio programs, include three from KP and 8 from Fata.
Giving the breakup of cases, sources said that Bara Khyber Agency has the highest number with four cases, South
Wazoo and North Waziristan Agency two each, while two cases in Bannu and Tank each.The official further said that the high transmission season, from July to December, usually has more cases, a trend which has been witnessed in the last decade.
Comparatively, last year's figures were 31 by September 2013. This year's total has reached 138, with Fata on top with 102 cases. KP with 23, Sindh 11, Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and Punjab both had one case each.
In Fata the number of cases reported includes 64 from North Waziristan, 25 from Khyber Agency, 11 from South Waziristan and 2 from Bannu.
The fragile security situation across Fata and KP has left bordering towns high risk areas, which are more vulnerable to the virus spreading.
Earlier, Khyber Agency administration claimed that the P-3 polio virus has been eliminated from Bara while P-1 was still prevalent and that a special three-day campaign was being launched from September 8 to administer anti-polio vaccine to children.
Political Agent of Khyber Agency Shahab Ali Shah, speaking to the media in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, said that the agency has always been portrayed negatively because of the polio virus spreading. He said that most of the areas remained inaccessible to polio teams which caused the problem.
Shah said however that special drives are being carried out to address the issue.