Two more polio cases detected in KP: PPEP Published 02 May, 2026 06:16am ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme (PPEP) on Friday announced the detection of two additional...
Pakistan reports 2026’s first polio case in Sindh’s Sujawal district Published 05 Mar, 2026 12:05pm Case was reported through the polio surveillance network
Pakistan advances collaboration with global partners to establish local vaccine-manufacturing plant Published 28 Feb, 2026 04:56am KARACHI: Pakistan has stepped up its collaboration with global partners, including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, to...
DRAP urged to follow full process before declaring medicines substandard Published 25 Feb, 2026 04:49am KARACHI: Pakistan’s pharmaceutical industry has urged the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) to avoid...
Vaccines: ministry says import bill may soar to USD1.2bn by 2031 Updated 04 Feb, 2026 08:15am ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for National Health Services and Regulations has warned that the country’s import cost of...
WHO chief reaffirms full support to achieve polio-free Pakistan Published 16 Jan, 2026 02:00pm World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has reaffirmed the organisation’s...
PPEP confirms wild poliovirus case in North Waziristan Updated 14 Jan, 2026 08:31am ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme (PPEP) has confirmed the detection of a wild poliovirus case in...
New case of polio virus detected in KP Published 22 Oct, 2025 06:02am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has confirmed one new case of polio virus detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, bringing...
After new polio case detects in Sindh, nationwide count rises to 27 Published 22 Sep, 2025 04:32pm 18 polio reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, seven from Sindh this year
President Zardari signs National Institute of Health (Reorganisation) Amendment Bill into law Published 07 Sep, 2025 03:44pm National Assembly had passed the bill on August 12, says President Secretariat
Another polio case pushes Pakistan’s 2025 tally to 24 Updated 01 Sep, 2025 04:19pm Pakistan confirmed on Monday another polio case, taking the total number of polio cases in the country in 2025 to...
NIH confirms detection of third polio case of 2025 Updated 23 Feb, 2025 09:15am ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has...
69th poliovirus positive case of year 2024 reported Published 09 Jan, 2025 06:19am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Wednesday, reported 69th poliovirus positive case of year 2024 as a 13 months old girl was...
Two more poliovirus cases confirmed, tally soars to 67 Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory (RFL) for polio eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH),...
'National Action Plan for Health Security' discussed Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am LAHORE: A delegation along with the CEO National Institute of Health met Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman...
Fleeting calm: here comes the smog Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am The recent release of the Air Quality Life Index report has led to a persistent misunderstanding that environmental...
Misuse of antibiotic ignites fears of untreatable infections Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am KARACHI: Pakistan is facing a pressing concern regarding the excessive use of antibiotics, which may lead to the...
Acute Watery Diarrhoea: NIH’s CDC issues advisory for prevention, control Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory for...
Polio virus: Samples of Peshawar, Dera Bugti test positive Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am ISLAMABAD: The environmental samples collected from Peshawar city and District Dera Bugti from Balochistan have...
NIH confirms one death from Covid-19 in Punjab Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday confirmed that one death was reported in Punjab from...
NIH confirms one death from Covid-19 in Sindh Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Sunday confirmed that one death was reported in Sindh from...
Resurgence of Covid-19 Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am EDITORIAL: Health officials said on Thursday that 129 cases of coronavirus infections were reported in the previous...
77 new Covid-19 cases reported within 24 hours: NIH Published 13 Mar, 2023 06:15am ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Sunday said that 77 new coronavirus cases were reported during the last 24 hours...
18 new Covid-19 cases reported Published 09 Jan, 2023 07:50am ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Sunday said that 18 new coronavirus cases were reported during the last 24 hours...
No case of Covid’s BF.7 variant found yet: NIH Published 04 Jan, 2023 06:02am ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services has denounced the rumours regarding the spread of Omicron’s...
Pakistan ‘fully’ prepared to tackle any Covid-19 variant? Updated 27 Dec, 2022 09:41am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is “fully” prepared to tackle and control any variant of Covid-19, as the federal and provincial...
Typhoid fever: NIH bars diagnostic labs from conducting uncertified tests Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has barred diagnostic laboratories countrywide from conducting...
Water availability in winter season: NEOC directs depts to make necessary arrangements Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am ISLAMABAD: The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) has directed all the relevant federal and provincial...
27 Covid cases reported Published 27 Nov, 2022 05:58am LAHORE: Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel corona virus as the number of confirmed ...
358 Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths reported across country Published 17 Aug, 2022 06:07am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reported 358 positive cases of coronavirus and eight Covid-19-related deaths across...