Four incidents reported to police; officials assisting polio teams also face resistance.
Mohammad Asghar Updated 30 May, 2022 09:31am
According to the National Emergency Operation Centre, a 15-month old boy has been left paralysed by wild poliovirus.
Imtiaz Ali Updated 22 Apr, 2022 10:11pm
Health Ministry says turnout may be depressed by public fatigue over Covid.
Reuters Updated 06 Apr, 2022 10:12am
The issue of the “ still missed children” has been a prime concern for the World Health Organisation.
Asif Chaudhry Updated 29 Mar, 2022 09:50am
The WHO had imposed travel restrictions on Pakistan in May 2014 due to increasing cases of poliovirus in the country.
Asif Chaudhry Updated 26 Mar, 2022 07:59am
“The cops deployed at the checkpoints should keep an eagle eye on movement of suspects,” says DPO Imran Shahid.
A Correspondent Updated 14 Mar, 2022 11:27am
Police allege that anti-Taliban National Resistance Front is responsible for killings, say arrested men have confessed to crime.
AFP Published 12 Mar, 2022 10:35pm
Police say the attackers targeted the cop after failing to target the polio vaccinators.
Bureau Report Updated 04 Mar, 2022 10:22am
During the campaign, more than 2.5 million children of up to five years will be administered polio drops by 10,832 teams.
The Newspaper's Staff Correspondent Updated 28 Feb, 2022 08:29am
“We want to see Pakistan as a polio-free country,” says WHO Representative in Pakistan Dr Palitha Mahipala.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 27 Feb, 2022 11:24am
Unicef’s Catherine Russell says the disease has to be tackled in Pakistan, Afghanistan simultaneously.
Jamal Shahid Updated 23 Feb, 2022 11:21am
Strain not seen across the country since 2019, says PM’s aide on health.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 20 Feb, 2022 09:22am
Lab tests show virus detected is connected to strain spreading in Pakistan.
AP Updated 19 Feb, 2022 10:15am
SAPM assures the programme in Pakistan is making all-out efforts in the pursuit of zero polio transmission.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 16 Feb, 2022 09:04am
"We will have to keep an eye on ensuring that the virus is not transported from the neighbouring country," says Dr Faisal Sultan.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 06 Feb, 2022 01:09pm
There has been no polio case reported in Pakistan for the last one year, but the poliovirus is still present in the environment.
Zofeen T. Ebrahim Published 03 Feb, 2022 12:22pm
Says recent review “has assured us that Pakistan has one of the most developed polio surveillance systems in the world”.
Amin Ahmed Updated 29 Jan, 2022 09:37am
The last infection of the wild poliovirus in Pakistan was recorded on January 27, 2021, according to officials.
AFP Updated 29 Jan, 2022 09:37am
We need extraordinary, widespread urgency from across the region and the world to push through this last mile.
Published 27 Jan, 2022 08:29am
The two-member polio team remained unhurt in the incident; no militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Abdul Sami Paracha Updated 26 Jan, 2022 08:43am
A total of 2m children will be inoculated in Karachi during the week-long campaign.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 25 Jan, 2022 09:50am
Over 150,000 trained and dedicated “Sehat Muhafiz” will be engaged in the vaccination drive to inoculate the targeted children.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 23 Jan, 2022 10:44am
Says 99pc of children up to the age of five years have been vaccinated during anti-polio campaign in Pindi district since Dec 13.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 18 Dec, 2021 09:41am
Asks authorities to relocate pollution creating units.
Syed Irfan Raza Updated 04 Dec, 2021 08:32am
The campaign, which is aimed at reaching over 3 million children, has received Taliban backing.
Reuters Published 08 Nov, 2021 02:22pm
Taliban have promised inclusion of female workers in campaign.
AFP Updated 19 Oct, 2021 08:00am
Only one polio case has been reported in the country this year.
Amin Ahmed Updated 10 Oct, 2021 09:07am
Speaker lambastes health dept over "casual attitude" towards house’s business.
Zulfiqar Ali Updated 21 Sep, 2021 09:50am
At least 9,470 mobile, 949 fixed and 552 transit teams will participate in the campaign.
The Newspaper's Staff Correspondent Updated 20 Sep, 2021 08:30am
The security of polio teams has been further tightened after the incident.
Abdul Sami Paracha Updated 20 Sep, 2021 08:05am
The campaign will start in rest of the country on Sept 20.
Aamir Yasin Updated 18 Sep, 2021 09:31am