Polio in Pakistan: 49 and counting EDITORIAL: With the total number of reported polio cases this year jumping to 49, Pakistan now holds the dubious... Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:55am
Pakistan About 500,000 children missed polio vaccination ISLAMABAD: An estimated 500,000 children missed polio vaccinations during this month’s countrywide inoculation... Published 11 Nov, 2024 06:03am
Pakistan Sindh CM expresses concern over detection of 7 polio cases KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, presiding over a provincial meeting to review polio eradication... Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am
Pakistan Polio worker, officer killed in Bajaur: police PESHAWAR: Gunmen in northwestern Pakistan killed a polio worker and a policeman on Wednesday during the latest... Published 11 Sep, 2024 07:23pm
World Polio vaccine push moves to northern Gaza amid disruptions: WHO GENEVA: The third phase of a giant polio vaccination drive targeting children in Gaza began Tuesday in a... Published 10 Sep, 2024 05:43pm
Pakistan 5.75m children to come under anti-polio drive in KP PESHAWAR: As many as 5.754 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated during the week-long polio... Published 10 Sep, 2024 07:23am
Print All set for ‘special’ polio drive in 15 Punjab districts LAHORE: Punjab is all set to roll out a special polio eradication campaign from today, targeting 13.9 million... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 09:04am
Print PM launches ‘special’ anti-polio drive ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday launched a special anti-polio campaign for the polio-free... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 09:07am
World WHO says sending over 1 million polio vaccines to Gaza GENEVA: The World Health Organization will send more than one million polio vaccines to war-torn Gaza after the... Published 07 Aug, 2024 10:51pm
Pakistan Essential oral polio vaccines: Japan announces $3.62m grant ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has announced a new USD 3.62 million grant to procure essential oral polio... Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am
Pakistan PM launches countrywide polio campaign ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has launched a countrywide polio campaign to continue till... Updated 03 Oct, 2023 08:40am
Pakistan ECNEC approves Polio Emergency Plan worth $1784.93m ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved “Emergency Plan for Polio... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 09:33am
Opinion New York polio case stirs fear, vaccine push When Brittany Strickland heard that the United States recorded its first polio case in almost a decade, she was... Published 04 Sep, 2022 05:44am