Four incidents reported to police; officials assisting polio teams also face resistance.
Mohammad Asghar Updated 30 May, 2022 09:31am
Child injured in attack; police reach spot, begin search operation.
Sirajuddin Updated 28 Jun, 2022 07:00pm
Pakistan's tally of the virus for the current year reaches 11; WHO body voices concerns over situation in ex-Fata district.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 25 Jun, 2022 08:47am
Pakistan is a suspected source; official says genome sequencing report will ascertain origin of virus.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 24 Jun, 2022 08:21am
Say religious leaders are accompanying health workers in immunisation drives.
Ashfaq Yusufzai Updated 19 Jun, 2022 10:25am
He travelled more than 13,000 kilometres across 13 countries to raise funds to fight polio.
AFP Updated 31 May, 2022 08:36am
New cases reported in North Waziristan, taking this year's tally to six.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 28 May, 2022 08:06am
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
Elders appeal to chief minister, Peshawar corps commander and SC chief justice to provide them security.
The Newspaper's Correspondent Updated 26 May, 2022 10:25am
Around 2.4m children would be immunised against polio in Karachi.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 24 May, 2022 09:45am
The patient, a one-year-old boy, hails from Miranshah; Health Minister Qadir Patel says govt stepping up vaccination efforts.
Naveed Siddiqui Published 15 May, 2022 12:53pm
New victim is a two-year-old girl from North Waziristan.
Ikram Junaidi Updated 30 Apr, 2022 09:24am
Six-day vaccine drive begins in North Waziristan's Mir Ali tehsil after virus detected last week.
Ikram Junaidi | Ashfaq Yousafzai Updated 26 Apr, 2022 09:45am
A polio-free status is still eluding us but recent experience has shown that it is not impossible to achieve.
Editorial Updated 26 Apr, 2022 01:15pm
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
