Anti-Polio Campaign to Begin in Sindh from 27th November
Karachi: Following the emergence of polio cases in Sindh, the polio eradication campaign will kick off in the province from 27th November to 3rd December....
Anti-polio campaign in Pakistan
Polio certificates declared compulsory for Pakistanis
by Usman Khan
KARACHI: Pakistanis have been restricted submit polio clearance certificates while travelling to other countries from June 1 in accordance to directives of World Health Organisation...
Anti-polio campaign in Pakistan’s tribal areas to start from March 25
by Nasir Khan
Peshawar: Three-day anti-polio campaign is going to be started from March 25 in the Pakistan’s tribal areas while South and North Waziristan agencies are excluded...
Pakistan’s KPK govt to launch anti-polio drive from Feb 18
by Nasir Khan
Peshawar: Pakistan’s provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhua has announced to commence anti-polio drive in the five districts of the province from February 18, 2013 amid...
Pakistan polio campaign hit by fresh deadly attacks
by AFP
Peshawar: Gunmen in Pakistan mounted fresh attacks Wednesday on health workers carrying out polio vaccinations, taking the death toll to eight and prompting UNICEF and...
‘Militants killing polio activists in revenge of Osama bin Laden killing’
by Nasir Khan
Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhua (KPK) Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Wednesday said that militants were targeting anti-polio campaigners in revenge against the killing of...
Entire polio campaign halted as 3 more including woman supervisor killed in KPK
Charsadda: As a continuity of the orchestrated attack on polio campaign teams, supervisor of the drive in Batgaram area was shot at and killed along-with...
Six polio workers shot dead in Pakistan
by AFP
Karachi: Gunmen in Pakistan have killed six health workers at the start of a nationwide polio vaccination drive, officials said Tuesday, highlighting resistance to...
Nawaz Sharif urges ulemas to play active role in anti-polio campaign
by Mirza Hassan
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday expressed his grief over the brutal killings of anti-polio activists in Karachi and Peshawar, two...
Govt committed to a polio-free Pakistan: PM Ashraf
by Hadi Aziz
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday strongly condemned the attack on anti-polio campaigners in Karachi and Peshawar and said that the government...