KARACHI: As many as seven municipal commissioners of different towns have been removed and transferred for their non-cooperation in the ongoing polio eradication campaign.

The local government department on Friday issued the transfer orders of municipal commissioners of Landhi Town, Malir, Shah Faisal, Ibrahim, Haideri, Orangi, Manghopir and Gadap.

Commissioner Syed Hasan Naqvi told Dawn that the transferred municipal commissioners had not complied with the instruction given to them regarding the antipolio drive in the city.