Pakistan, Sept. 21 -- 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 that the announcement was made during a protest sit-in at the historic Bab-i-Khyber, where the chairman of the Levies and Khasadar forces' committee, Syed Jalal, said the boycott would continue until their demands were accepted and their longstanding issues resolved.

According to the police official, the committee had also decided to impose what it described as a fine of...