Pakistan reports 18th polio case of 2025
- 01-Aug-2025
ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, has confirmed a new case of polio from District Tank in South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A 10-month-old boy from Union Council Mullazai in District Tank, South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has been confirmed as the eleventh polio case from the province this […]
Pakistan ‘decides’ to launch polio vaccination injection campaign
- 02-Jul-2025
ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has decided to administer inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) injections to children up to 15 years old in an effort to combat the polio virus, ARY News reported citing sources. According to sources, the initiative, driven by recommendations from global anti-polio organizations, will target children in Karachi, Lahore, and Peshawar during […]
Pakistan reports 12th polio case of 2025
- 20-Jun-2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported the 12th polio case of 2025 as a new case of the virus has been detected in a 33-month-old boy from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the National Institute of Health confirmed on Friday. According to the institute, the case was reported from the Shamsi Khel Union Council in Bannu, with the affected […]
Pakistan reports 14th polio case of 2024
- 09-Aug-2024
ISLAMABAD: Another polio case emerged in Pakistan as a 20-month-old boy has been confirmed to be infected with the virus, ARY News reported citing the National Institute of Health (NIH) sources. The sources said that the affected child belonged to the Kila Saifullah district of Balochistan. This is the 14th polio case that has been […]
PM Shehbaz ‘determined’ to completely eradicate polio from Pakistan
- 09-Aug-2024
KARACHI: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reiterated the determination for the complete eradication of polio from Pakistan with the joint efforts of the federal, provincial governments and Gilgit-Baltistan and the Azad Jammu and Kashmir governments. The prime minister said this while presiding over an important review meeting on anti-polio during his visit to […]
Third polio case of 2024 detected in Pakistan
- 25-May-2024
ISLAMABAD: The third polio case of 2024 has been reported in Pakistan as a minor girl from Kila Abdullah is diagnosed with the virus, the Ministry of National Health confirmed on Saturday. As per the polio laboratory, the girl, hails from Balochistan’s Kila Abdullah, showed symptoms of paralysis on April 20. The health ministry said […]
Pakistan reports first polio case of 2024
- 14-Mar-2024
DERA BUGTI: In an alarming development, Pakistan’s first polio case of the year 2024 was reported from Balochistan’s Dera Bugti, ARY News reported. According to a spokesman for the National Ministry for Health, the poliovirus was found in a two-and-a-half-year-old child from Dera Bugti. The sources privy to the development said that the samples from the […]
WHO extends travel restrictions on Pakistan
- 28-Aug-2023
ISLAMABAD: Emphasising persistent risk of a polio outbreak in Pakistan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) extended travel restrictions on the country for another three months, ARY News reported on Monday. The decision was taken during a session of International Health Regulations’ (2005) Emergency Committee – responsible for assessing global poliovirus spread – convened by […]