This is the second polio case from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the seventh case from Pakistan at large this year. The second nationwide (NID) Polio campaign of the year is currently in progress in the country from April 21 to 27, aiming to vaccinate 45.4 million children under the age of five across the country. This […]
As per details, the incident occurred when armed assailants opened fire on the Levies personnel identified as Naik Muhammad and Maqsood Ahmed, deployed to guard the polio team. According to police officials, Naik Muhammad was killed on the spot, while Maqsood Ahmed, initially injured in the attack, succumbed to his wounds later, raising the death […]
Chairing the review meeting on Polio eradication here, the prime minister commended the efforts of relevant government institutions, international organizations, and partners to make Pakistan polio-free. He directed the relevant authorities to ensure awareness and community mobilization regarding the anti-polio campaign across the country. “It must be ensured that every child under five years of […]
According to police, the incident occurred when gunmen opened fire on a flying coach heading to Kulachi. The assailants stopped the coach, forcibly offloaded two passengers, and took them away. The polio workers were returning after attending a training session for the National Emergency Polio Campaign held in DI Khan city. Those abducted have been […]
The decision was taken in WHO Emergency Committee’s 41st meeting held on March 6, during which authorities from polio-affected countries participated via video link. According to WHO, the committee reviewed the global spread of polio, as well as the situation in Pakistan and the government’s efforts to control the virus. The committee’s findings state that […]
The campaign aims at administering polio drops to over 6 million children across the province. According to the provincial health department on Tuesday, more than 800,000 children in the capital city of Peshawar will receive the polio vaccine. For the purpose, over 30,000 teams have been formed to carry out the campaign, while 50,000 police […]
According to sources, the Regional Reference Laboratory has confirmed the presence of the polio virus in samples collected from 25 districts across the country. The samples were collected from sewage lines between February 3 and 12, and the results revealed the presence of Wild Poliovirus Type 1 in several districts. In Sindh, 13 districts, including […]
According to NEOC, the polio case was reported in Thatta Sindh, bringing the total provincial number in 2025 to four and countrywide to six. Yesterday, the Pakistan Polio Eradication Program, detected two polio cases in the Qambar district in Sindh and Mandi Bahauddin district in Punjab. This brings the total number of polio cases in […]
The new polio case was reported from Sindh’s District Badin and was verified by the lab. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district reported the year’s first case, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication. There were 74 polio cases recorded in 2024, the previous year. Of them, one each came from Punjab and Islamabad, while […]
As per details, at Lahore Airport, several Saudi-bound passengers were not issued boarding passes as they failed to present the mandatory polio vaccination certificate, sources revealed. Meanwhile, in the past 24 hours, hundreds of Pakistani Umrah pilgrims were offloaded from flights at airports nationwide for not meeting the requirement. Saudi Arabia has made polio vaccinations […]
