#poliovaccination

APP Peshawar: The first case of polio virus infection in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for 2024 has been reported. A nine-month-old baby girl from Mohmand district has contracted the crippling disease. In a statement issued late Friday night,…

News Desk Bajaur: At least two people, including a polio worker and a police officer, were killed in a firing incident in the Bajaur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.  According to rescue sources, unknown assailants opened…

News Desk Islamabad: A five-day door-to-door anti-polio vaccination campaign is underway in Islamabad, entering its second day. The campaign saw the arrest of a school principal for refusing to allow students to be vaccinated against…

AFP/APP Gaza Strip: Israel's military announced the discovery of six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel on Sunday. The remains were found on Saturday in the Rafah area and have been identified as Hersh Goldberg-Polin (a dual US-Israeli…

APP Islamabad: A first group of children received polio vaccinations in besieged Gaza on Saturday, ahead of the official start of a much-anticipated United Nations-led campaign set to begin Today (Sunday). Children at Nasser Hospital…

News Desk Karachi: On the first day of a special polio vaccination drive in Karachi, 27 percent of parents refused to vaccinate their children, as reported by officials from the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI).  The campaign,…

News Desk Islamabad: The fifth polio case of the year was reported from Quetta, Balochistan, on Saturday. A two-year-old child developed paralysis in his legs on April 29, which progressed to his arms. Unfortunately, the child passed…