Tag: Polio

ISLAMABAD: Technical Advisory Group (TAG) at the conclusion of its meeting on Monday appreciated the progress on polio eradication made in Pakistan over the past...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Primary & Secondary Health, Khawaja Imran Nazir has said that children are the most precious asset of the nation and parents...

SHABQADAR: At least three Levies personnel were injured after their vehicle came in contact with an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Rashakai area of...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the World Polio Day provides an opportunity to reiterate the commitment of working with utmost zeal...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Tuesday said that after almost three decades of investment, efforts and sacrifices Pakistan was at its closest to interrupting...

ISLAMABAD: World Polio Day was celebrated in Pakistan on Tuesday to create awareness about the hazards of the horrible and potentially fatal infectious disease. The...

  KARACHI: Sindh Emergency Operations for Polio Eradication Coordinator Fayaz Jatoi has lauded the efforts made by polio workers in Sindh and the headway made...

ISLAMABAD: Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Takashi Kurai and UNICEF Pakistan Acting Country Representative Cristian Munduate have signed an agreement which states that the government of...

  ISLAMABAD: All available resources would be utilised till the complete eradication of polio from the capital and provision of polio vaccine in sufficient quantity would...

Continuing threats from the Trump Administration are likely to increase anti-American sentiment in Pakistan that will have a direct impact on the war against polio in the...

NEW YORK: American tech tycoon and philanthropist Bill Gates called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in New York on Thursday. Gates, who is the...

PESHAWAR: First ever polio case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) has been detected in Lakki Marwat district of the province, thus increasing the number of...

PESHAWAR: As many as 5.620 million children will be vaccinated in the upcoming anti-polio campaign which starts on September 18 across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This was disclosed...

NEW YORK: Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi says Pakistan is now close to being a polio-free country. She told UNICEF's Executive...

QUETTA: Traces of polio virus have been found in environment samples collected in three districts including Quetta, Pishin and Qila Abdullah. In view of the...

After the declaration of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) as a polio-free region by the government in 2012, a new polio case has been confirmed, stunning the...

LAHORE: Polio vaccination campaigns have begun in Punjab today. The target is to vaccinate over 8.62 million children less than five years old in...