ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign starting today (Monday) to protect millions of children from the crippling disease. The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said the week-long campaign will cover 159 districts, aiming to vaccinate more than 45.4 million children under the age of five. Children will also receive Vitamin A […]
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Govt launches polio drive targeting 45 million children
The National Emergency Operations Centre has announced that 45.4 million children will receive polio drops during the upcoming weekly polio campaign. In addition to the polio vaccine, children will also be administered a supplementary dose of Vitamin A. The national polio campaign is scheduled to run across the country from October 13 to 19. More […]
Govt gears up for polio campaign starting tomorrow
Chief Secretary Sindh Asif Hyder Shah chaired an important meeting regarding the upcoming Polio Eradication Campaign. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Karachi Syed Hassan Naqvi, Secretary Health Rehan Iqbal Baloach, EOC Coordinator Irshad Hussain Sodhr, and all Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, DHOs, and Assistant Commissioners through video link. The meeting reviewed the current status of […]
Sindh mulls over blocking CNICs, SIMs over polio refusal
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah is planning to take drastic measures against parents who refuse the polio vaccine for their children, including blocking their cell phone SIMs and suspending their national identity cards and passports to prevent them from accessing communication and travel facilities, as a consequence for endangering not only their own […]
Polio cases reach 12 as new infection reported in Bannu
PESHAWAR – A new case of wild poliovirus has been confirmed in Shams Khel, Bannu, raising Pakistan’s total polio count for 2025 to 12. Health officials confirmed the infected child belongs to an area known as southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s most polio-vulnerable zone. This is the sixth case reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) this year. Officials […]
India arrests police officer suspected of spying for Pakistan
India’s counter-terrorism agency said Monday it arrested a paramilitary police officer for allegedly spying for arch-rival Pakistan, following their most serious conflict in decades. At least 70 people died in fighting this month triggered by an April 22 attack on tourists in Indian-Occupied Kashmir that New Delhi accused Pakistan of backing – a charge Islamabad […]
Pakistan reports two new polio cases, bringing 2025 tally to 10
Pakistan’s polio eradication program said on Wednesday two new cases of the wild poliovirus had been detected in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bringing the tally of 2025 cases to 10. The new cases have emerged ahead of the government launching a third nationwide campaign to vaccinate children under the age of five, scheduled […]
Tenth poliovirus sample collected from Bannu, total 32 cases
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Polio Laboratory has confirmed the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) from an environmental sample collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district this month, making it the 10th such such collected from the area this year. The latest sample means that the total number of positive environmental samples […]
Policeman martyred in firing incident on polio team
On Tuesday, a policeman was martyred in a firing incident on a polio team in District Pishin in Balochistan. According to the details, a polio team came under the hail of fire opened by the terrorists in Pishin. Police official Muhammad Hashim who was performing security duty at the time was hit by the bullet […]
Over 43 million children received polio vaccine
ISLAMABAD: The first National Immunisation Days (NIDs) campaign of 2022 successfully reached more than 43 million under-five children with life saving vaccines. Over 339,521 trained and dedicated polio workers were engaged in the vaccination drive to inoculate children at their doorstep. Dr. Shahzad Baig, Coordinator of the National Emergency Operations Centre, Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI), […]