GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared in its new report that Pakistan is the only country to let polio virus move outside its borders.



The health committee of WHO mentioned in its report that polio virus had moved from Pakistan to Afghanistan thrice since July 2014.

The committee asked Pakistan government in the report how many Pakistanis went abroad by taking polio certificate and how many people were stopped from going abroad without the certificate.

The committee directed Pakistan to control polio virus within six months. In addition, the government should not give permission to any Pakistani to go abroad without the certificate.

In 2014, more than 243 cases have been registered in Pakistan, mostly in Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KP) and Fata.