Pakistan jails 471 parents who refused to give polio vaccine to children

Parents in north-west of country were imprisoned under government orders on charges of endangering public security

Hundreds of parents in north-west Pakistan have been arrested and jailed after refusing to give their children polio vaccinations, according to officials.

Feroz Shah, a spokesman for the district administration in Peshawar, said 471 people had been imprisoned in the city and surrounding villages under government orders on charges of endangering public security.

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