{
  "id": 8729585,
  "title": "Police, Levies and Khasadar personnel in merged districts announce boycott of polio campaign duties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/police-levies-and-khasadar-personnel-in-merged-districts-announce-8729585",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-20T16:53:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2031379/police-levies-and-khasadar-personnel-in-merged-districts-announce-boycott-of-polio-campaign-duties"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Levies and Khasadar forces in Mohmand and other merged tribal districts have declared a boycott of the upcoming polio vaccination campaign on September 21. The decision comes after they accused the government and police departments of not meeting their demands for proper service-related benefits. Their protest has led to the suspension of first information report filings and daily police diary entries, raising concerns about the campaign's successful execution. The three-day drive aims to vaccinate children across the region, but the personnel's protest threatens to disrupt these efforts.",
  "summary": "MOHMAND: Personnel of the Levies and Khasadar forces in the merged tribal districts have announced a boycott of an upcoming polio vaccination campaign set to begin on September 21, citing what they described as the government and police department’s failure to fulfil commitments regarding their service-related demands. An official of the Mohmand police told Dawn that the announcement was made…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Police, Levies and Khasadar personnel in merged districts announce boycott of polio campaign",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/police-levies-and-khasadar-personnel-in-merged-districts-announce",
        "published": "2026-09-20T16:22:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}