The victim is a 13-month-old boy who has been paralysed by wild poliovirus in the in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan.
Ikram Junaidi Published 26 May, 2022 07:17am
Demand payment of Rs1,000 as daily stipend, grant of four days leave every month, timely payment of monthly salaries.
The Newspaper's Correspondent Updated 15 Dec, 2022 09:39am
Compensation to be paid to frontline staff; KP health dept employees demand restoration, salaries.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 12 Dec, 2022 08:56am
"We are committed and optimistic about eradicating polio by 2023,” says Heath Minister Abdul Qadir Patel.
Amin Ahmed Updated 09 Dec, 2022 08:27am
Says current data suggests the virus is now under control in the country.
APP Updated 05 Dec, 2022 09:24am
Anti-polio campaign launched in ‘very high-risk’ UCs of Karachi divison, Hyderabad.
Faiza Ilyas Updated 29 Nov, 2022 10:33am
Drive will be launched in Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab today and in KP on Dec 5.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 28 Nov, 2022 09:34am
Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel stresses need to devise a collective strategy to ensure eradication of the virus
Ikram Junaidi Updated 15 Nov, 2022 10:13am
During the campaign, 1.785 million children below the age of five years will be vaccinated in 19 out of 34 districts.
Saleem Shahid Updated 25 Oct, 2022 08:47am
Women workers protecting children against preventable, lifelong paralysis, Abdul Qadir Patel says.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 25 Oct, 2022 09:25am
Province has remained polio-free since April 2021.
Saleem Shahid Updated 14 Oct, 2022 09:42am
Describes vaccination as "religious, medical and humanitarian duty".
Dawn Report Updated 13 Oct, 2022 08:42am
Latest case reported from South Waziristan — the first case from the area after a gap of two years.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 17 Sep, 2022 08:28am
This is the highest number of missed children reported in the provincial capital so far.
Asif Chaudhry Updated 15 Sep, 2022 10:14am
It is the 18th case of the crippling disease detected in the country this year.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 13 Sep, 2022 09:59am
Sample collected from a sewage line from Landhi’s Bakhtawar goth.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 12 Sep, 2022 09:52am
Governor of New York declares state disaster emergency.
Reuters Updated 10 Sep, 2022 09:52am
Holds virtual meeting with women health workers from the Pakistan’s polio programme.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 09 Sep, 2022 10:04am
Infected man was a member of the Orthodox Jewish community where vaccine hesitancy tends to run high.
AFP Updated 04 Sep, 2022 09:32am
1.5m families to be given Rs25,000 in immediate relief.
Syed Irfan Raza Updated 20 Aug, 2022 09:21am
No polio case has been detected in Sindh since July 2020, CM Murad says.
Tahir Siddiqui Updated 16 Aug, 2022 10:37am
Polio is spreading in London, New York and Jerusalem for the first time in decades, spurring catch-up vaccination campaigns.
Reuters Updated 16 Aug, 2022 09:05am
Health department urges unvaccinated New Yorkers "to get vaccinated now".
Reuters Updated 13 Aug, 2022 10:16am
Says people would boycott vaccination campaign if govt and security institutions fail to restore peace.
Waseem Ahmed Shah Updated 13 Aug, 2022 07:44am
Samples from Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Bannu, Nowshera and Swat found positive, says NIH official.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 03 Aug, 2022 07:34am
PM Shehbaz renews pledge to purge the country of all forms of poliovirus.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 30 Jul, 2022 09:49am
Health minister says some elements trying to create impression that family planning, vaccination aren't compatible with religion.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 19 Jul, 2022 08:23am
