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Pakistan Updated 24 Oct, 2023 09:45am

World Polio Day: Pakistan still struggles to eradicate polio as new cases emerge

Vaccination drive to begin from October 5 to November 5

▶️ Pakistan Updated 23 Oct, 2023 12:45am

Health minister announces ‘three-pronged strategy’ to stem polio spread

Vows to make hubs well-resourced by providing additional resources and health experts

Pakistan Updated 23 Oct, 2023 12:03am

Authorities reveal poliovirus found in 11 samples in October

Report confirms that four cases have been confirmed positive in 2023

Pakistan Published 21 Oct, 2023 05:06pm

Polio case reported in Karachi’s Gadap town

This is the first case in Sindh after three years

Pakistan Updated 04 Oct, 2023 01:50pm

Bannu reports third case of polio this year

A total of three cases have been reported this year

Pakistan Published 07 Sep, 2023 10:24am

Polio virus detected in Karachi and Peshawar

The virus is genetically related to the strand found in Afghanistan

Pakistan Published 28 Aug, 2023 03:11pm

WHO keeps Pakistan among countries infected with poliovirus

Travel restrictions for Pakistan have been extended by another three months

Pakistan Published 07 Aug, 2023 07:18pm

Polio vaccination halted in Khyber after police refuse to provide security

Campaign will include both drops and injections

Pakistan Published 01 Aug, 2023 11:16pm

3-year-old child infected with polio in Bannu

This is the second case of the virus in Pakistan this year

Pakistan Updated 01 Aug, 2023 02:12pm

Two policemen guarding polio team killed in Balochistan’s Quetta

Polio team targeted in Shalam Kali area

Pakistan Published 19 Jun, 2023 09:51am

Polio vaccination campaign launched in KP, Sindh after virus detected

A total of four million children will be targeted in specific districts

Life & Style Published 20 Mar, 2023 10:54am

France pledges $55m to support Pakistan’s polio eradication programme

We are very grateful to French government for this support, says Dr Shahzad Baig

Pakistan Published 17 Mar, 2023 05:11pm

Pakistan reports first polio case of 2023

Case was detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan Published 12 Feb, 2023 01:11pm

Govt announces polio campaign in 39 districts after virus detected in Lahore

Minister says fighting polio a moral and religious duty

Pakistan Updated 30 Nov, 2022 03:35pm

Quetta suicide blast targeting police on polio duty kills 4, wounds 27

Road affected by blast opened for traffic; TTP claims suicide bombing; PM Shehbaz Sharif condemns

Pakistan Published 28 Nov, 2022 05:56pm

No polio case in Sindh in last 30 months: Murad Ali Shah

Sindh chief minister launches week-long polio drive

Pakistan Published 28 Nov, 2022 02:14pm

Law and order in Lakki Marwat a spanner in Pakistan’s anti-polio drive

Vaccination drive suspended as militants target polio workers

Pakistan Published 25 Oct, 2022 12:19pm

Policeman guarding polio vaccine team shot dead in Pishin

Pakistan launched sub-national polio campaign in 83 districts on Monday

Pakistan Published 13 Sep, 2022 04:05pm

North Waziristan reports 16th polio case this year

Poliovirus detected in wastewater of five cities including three provincial capitals

Health Published 19 Aug, 2022 03:16pm

PM Shehbaz aims for a polio-free Pakistan, hails frontline workers

Launches nationwide polio campaign in Islamabad

Health Published 16 Aug, 2022 12:50pm

Two policemen guarding polio team killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank

PM Shehbaz condemns attack; lauds police services

Pakistan Published 23 Jul, 2022 04:04pm

Pakistan reports polio case to take year’s count to 13

13 cases from Pakistan between April and June 2022

Health Published 22 Jul, 2022 01:49pm

New York reports first polio case in nearly a decade

NYT report says patient a member of the Orthodox Jewish community, was unvaccinated

Pakistan Published 14 Jul, 2022 03:12pm

Polio case reported in Waziristan, twelfth in KP this year

Parents should get their children vaccinated as quickly as possible, says Health Minister

▶️ Pakistan Published 07 Jul, 2022 02:52pm

Three policemen injured in attack on polio team in Khyber

Men in stable condition, no polio worker injured

Pakistan Published 24 Jun, 2022 10:52pm

Pakistan reports another wild polio case

Polio virus has been confirmed in an 8-month-old child