KARACHI-An emergent meeting of Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) was held at PMA House, Karachi, to discuss the worsening Polio situation in the country. 

The meeting was presided over by Dr Salma Aslam Kundi, President of the PMA Centre, via video connection. Dr S.M.Qaisar Sajjad, Hon. Secretary General of PMA Centre, Dr Qazi Wasiq, Hon. Treasurer of PMA Centre, Dr Syed Tipu Sultan, Former President of PMA Centre, Dr Mirza Ali Azhar, Former President of PMA Sindh, Dr Sonia Naqvi, President of PMA Karachi, Dr Abdul Ghafoor Shoro, General Secretary of PMA Karachi also joined the meeting.

Participants at the conference voiced worry over the results of seven cities' positive environmental samples suggesting the presence of the Polio virus: Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Bannu, Nowshera, and Swat.

The discovery of poliovirus in sewage samples is quite frightening. The emergence of polio cases in these seven cities would increase the country's total number of polio cases.