Peshawar:
Unknown gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a woman polio worker in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province today, killing her on the spot.
Official sources said the woman was leaving her home to start her duties with the anti-polio team when she was shot dead in Sukari area of Bannu district in the province.
The attackers fled away from the scene after the incident, they said.
A case was registered at the Cantt Police Station.
Meanwhile, nearly 4,190 teams vaccinated a total of 649,887 children against nine diseases, including polio in the ninth phase of the 'Sehat-ka-Insaf' immunization campaign in Peshawar district.
Recently-appointed Minister for Health Shahram Khan Tarakai inaugurated the campaign yesterday and pledged to make all efforts possible to eradicate polio virus from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
"The Sehat ka Insaf campaign in Peshawar will continue every week until the 12th phase, while from April 6, it will be extended to four other districts," he said.