OBJECTIVES: Pakistan is one of the four countries around the world harboring polio. Government of Pakistan is spending lot of resources to eradicated polio in the form of EPI (Extended Program of Immunization) initiated in 1994. The aim of our study is to determine whether this government funded polio control program has any impact on knowledge, attitude and perception of polio in general community. METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted. 477 respondents aged between 25 to 60 years were selected by multistage stratified systematic sampling. KAP were assessed through self administered questionnaire which was developed and validated before administering to respondents. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS 16. RESULTS: 225 (47%) respondents were female and 252 (53%) were male. Majority of respondents (95.4%) have heard about polio and 96.9% were of opinion that every child must be vaccinated against polio. 27.3% of respondents believed that it is sufficient to vaccinate a child once in life against polio. 85.1% of subject were not aware that whether it is communicable or non-communicable disease. 31.5% of respondents showed confidence in the capability of polio vaccination team about providing appropriate information. 48.3% of respondents were satisfied from the awareness campaigns of the government propagated through mass media about polio, its prevention and timing of vaccination. CONCLUSIONS: Government is spending lot of money on EPI but appropriate knowledge, positive attitudes and perceptions were found in smaller proportion of participants. This study points out that there is  need to maximize education programs to make general public aware about polio, its consequences and prevention Mobile vaccinations teams should be properly trained to provide better information to the community and role of mass media should be extended.