ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Eradication Babar bin Atta on Saturday denied media reports about Pakistan’s alleged decision to suspend its latest anti-polio drive after vaccinators came under attack in different parts of the country.

In a twitter post, Atta maintained that the national polio campaign was a five-day affair that kicked off on Monday and came to an end on Friday.

Some media reports claimed earlier in the day that the government had decided to halt the polio eradication campaign on Saturday due to heightened security fears.

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are still struggling with the polio endemic. The anti-polio drives in the country have not only been impeded by militant threats in the past but have also been undermined by the refusal of parents to get their children vaccinated.

The latest polio campaign also ran into similar troubles when a group of miscreants launched an organized misinformation campaign against it in Peshawar, forcing children to pretend that they getting dizzy after taking the polio drops.

The situation annoyed parents and other people who burnt down a basic health facility in their area to express their anger.

There were also attacks on vaccination teams that claimed at least three lives during the campaign, though, according to the prime minister’s aide, the polio eradication drive concluded after the specified number of days.