Eradication of polio virus in the country seems a distant dream as three more polio cases surfaced on Saturday, taking the tally to 72 this year country. One case has been reported from Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa each. A 17-month old child, resident of Orangi Town’s Union Council (UC-2), was diagnosed with the crippling disease. She is the eighth polio victim in Sindh, according to the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for Polio. The total number of crippling disease cases in the city has reached four. The child developed a fever and slight weakness in her right leg. She was taken to doctors for a check-up where the case was classified as acute flaccid paralysis, the EOC said sharing details about the latest case. Earlier, on Sept 23, two new polio cases were confirmed from Lakki Marwat district. A six-month-old child, resident of Kotka Mushkalam, Tehsil Serai Naurang, District Lakki Marwat, was tested positive for the polio virus. The second child was an eighteen-month-old from Kotka Bazee Sheikh, Tehsil Serai Naurang, District Lakki Marwat.