Four incidents reported to police; officials assisting polio teams also face resistance.
Mohammad Asghar Updated 30 May, 2022 09:31am
Drive will be fully implemented in 36 districts and partially in 30 districts.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 03 Jun, 2024 08:08am
Latest victim is a 30-month-old child hailing from Shikarpur; Muhammad Anwarul Haq appointed as polio programme head.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 02 Jun, 2024 09:37am
Dr Shahzad Baig's resignation comes at a time when the virus is seeing a resurgence, with three cases already reported in 2024.
Kashif Abbasi Updated 01 Jun, 2024 09:50am
Samples were found in Karachi East, Karachi Central, Quetta and Kohat.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 30 May, 2024 08:22am
Data shared at a meeting held in Qatar showed that Pakistan’s situation was worse than the war-ridden Afghanistan.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 27 May, 2024 11:12am
Three more environmental samples found positive for polio, taking tally to 140.
Saleem Shahid | Ikram Junaidi Updated 26 May, 2024 07:34am
Reemergence of virus in Karachi, Quetta block and Peshawar-Khyber makes Pakistan go back to 2019 situation, expert says.
Ikram Junaidi Published 19 May, 2024 07:36am
Official stresses increased surveillance, better planning for polio campaigns.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 11 May, 2024 12:06pm
Tally for current year now stands at 116.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 09 May, 2024 10:36am
Police said when polio team tried to administer drops to children, Allah Ditta and his son Awais attacked and tortured two members of the team.
Our Correspondent Updated 05 May, 2024 11:27am
Predicts if Dr Baig has his way, Pakistan will be the next country to become polio-free; Baig dedicates inclusion to hard work of polio workers.
Dawn.com Published 04 May, 2024 08:33pm
PML-N’s Mandokhail appointed new governor of Balochistan.
Syed Irfan Raza Updated 04 May, 2024 10:40am
Experts say decision to hand over the programme to global health bodies in 2021 backfired; official claims govt still in charge.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 03 May, 2024 11:59am
Female polio workers were administering vaccine drops in Ayub Park where a family refused to get the children vaccinated.
Aslam Piracha Updated 03 May, 2024 11:39am
Throughout the event, messages advocating for polio vaccination echoed among the crowd.
Saleem Shahid Published 02 May, 2024 06:59am
THE year’s fourth polio drive has kicked off across Pakistan, with the aim to immunise more than 24m children ...
Editorial Published 01 May, 2024 08:13am
Separately, Mamund residents protest death of a young man allegedly in CTD custody.
Anwarullah Khan Updated 01 May, 2024 11:26am
Campaign will target more than 750,000 under-five children in the garrison city.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 30 Apr, 2024 11:46am
Over 62,000 health workers to administer polio vaccine across 24 districts
Dawn Report Published 30 Apr, 2024 06:57am
In meeting with Bill Gates, Shehbaz says Pakistan working tirelessly to eradicate polio.
Dawn.com Updated 29 Apr, 2024 03:58pm
The campaign will be carried out in Islamabad, 10 districts of Punjab, 24 districts of Sindh, 26 districts of KP and 30 districts of Balochistan.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 29 Apr, 2024 10:24am
Even deadly mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue and malaria have vaccines, but they are virtually unheard of in Pakistan.
Editorial Updated 28 Apr, 2024 09:22am
Anti-polio campaign to begin tomorrow; over 38,000 cases of refusal reported in February.
Faiza Ilyas Updated 28 Apr, 2024 08:12am
In Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Faisalabad, the campaign will last seven days, and in other districts, it will run for five days.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 27 Apr, 2024 12:14pm
Disease belongs to genetic cluster prevalent in Afghanistan.
Ikram Junaidi Published 21 Apr, 2024 06:56am
Directs task force to have special focus on addressing the refusal cases in addition to making operational affairs of polio eradication campaigns better.
Bureau Report Updated 20 Apr, 2024 12:36pm
According to the police, the polio monitoring staff remained unharmed in the firing.
dam Khan Wazir Updated 06 Apr, 2024 08:06am
EPI official says measles claimed 13 lives in province in one year.
Ashfaq Yusufzai Updated 04 Apr, 2024 11:23am
43m children vaccinated in each of two drives conducted this year.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 30 Mar, 2024 10:41am
The campaign is being held in selected districts of Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 28 Mar, 2024 03:31pm