PM, Bill Gates discuss polio eradication efforts Prime minister apprises Gates of the ongoing polio vaccination drive in Pakistan Updated 03 Dec, 2023 09:13am
Pakistan Gunmen kill policeman guarding polio vaccination team PESHAWAR: A policeman was killed when militants attacked a polio vaccination team on Friday, police said, the latest... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
Pakistan Bill Gates, PM discuss polio eradication measures ABU DHABI: The caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar received a telephone call from Bill Gates, co-chair of... Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am
Pakistan Countrywide anti-polio drive to begin today ISLAMABAD: A five-day anti-polio campaign is scheduled to start from Monday (today) across the country that aims at... Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am
Opinion ‘Polio again’ This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial “Polio again” carried by the newspaper a week ago. The newspaper... Published 18 Nov, 2023 06:03am
Editorials Polio again EDITORIAL: With nine more environmental samples from six districts testing positive for poliovirus, the nationwide... Published 13 Nov, 2023 06:31am
Pakistan ‘Fight against polio is a national goal’: PM ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar on Tuesday said polio prevention is a national goal and... Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am
Pakistan Punjab districts: polio teams exceed targets LAHORE: Polio teams scrambled house to house to vaccinate every unavailable child on the last day of the second... Published 09 Oct, 2023 06:24am
Pakistan Punjab all set to launch polio-eradication campaign LAHORE: In order to respond to positive environmental samples, Punjab is all set to hold a polio eradication ... Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am
Pakistan Immunization drive for 1.5m children against measles launched LAHORE: A special immunization campaign for inoculating more than 1.5 million children against measles has been... Published 20 Jun, 2023 03:16am
Pakistan Anti-polio campaign begins in Punjab, Sindh LAHORE: A week-long anti-polio drive began in various districts of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan on Monday. In... Published 16 May, 2023 03:23am
Pakistan First polio case of year detected in S Waziristan SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: The first polio virus case has been confirmed in South Waziristan Lower during the current year.... Published 14 May, 2023 03:24am
Pakistan Wild poliovirus in southern KP: Ulema pledge support to polio eradication efforts LAHORE: Most of Pakistan is polio-free but there is still wild poliovirus circulating in parts of the country,... Published 05 May, 2023 06:44am
Pakistan Punjab: anti-polio drive in 13 districts from 13th LAHORE: The anti-polio drive in 13 districts of Punjab will get underway from March 13 during which 11.35 million... Published 11 Mar, 2023 03:16am
Pakistan 1.5m kids to be administered polio drops: commissioner FAISALABAD: Divisional Commissioner Silwat Saeed said that 1.536 million children up to the age of five years would... Published 12 Feb, 2023 03:56am
Pakistan Anti-polio drive starts across country LAHORE: The first National Immunization drive of the year begins across the country on Monday, to vaccinate children... Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:02am
Pakistan Anti-polio drive to start in Punjab on 16th LAHORE: Like other parts of the country, a five-day anti-polio campaign will begin in all the districts of Punjab... Published 11 Jan, 2023 05:53am
Pakistan Japan provides $3.87m grant for polio eradication ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has extended its support to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme by providing... Published 09 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Pakistan Effective measures likely to eradicate polio from Pakistan by 2023: UNICEF ISLAMABAD: A senior UNICEF official said the polio program in Pakistan was back on track and hoped that the ... Published 05 Dec, 2022 08:07am
Pakistan Anti-polio drive in Faisalabad from tomorrow FAISALABAD: As many as 1.48 million children up-to age of five years would be administered polio drops during the... Published 23 Oct, 2022 03:21am
World Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledge $1.2 billion to eradicate polio Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Sunday that it will commit $1.2 billion to support efforts to end all... Updated 17 Oct, 2022 10:22pm
Pakistan Pakistan likely to get status of polio-free country soon: Rotary chief KARACHI: First woman president of Rotary International Jennifer Jones on Monday expressed confidence that Pakistan... Published 02 Aug, 2022 05:36am
Pakistan Waziristan reports another case of polio MIRANSHAH: Despite tall claims made by the government that it is taking steps to eliminate poliovirus from the... Published 28 Jul, 2022 04:41am
Editorials The population challenge EDITORIAL: Speaking at a recent seminar organised to mark the World Population Day, Federal Minister for National... Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am
Pakistan At least 3 killed in attack on polio vaccination team in North Waziristan Victims shot by unidentified assailants Updated 28 Jun, 2022 04:24pm
Pakistan Sixth case of wild polio reported in North Waziristan ISLAMABAD: Two more wild polio cases have been confirmed from North Waziristan, leaving young boy and a girl... Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am
Pakistan PM Shehbaz assures govt's assistance in polio eradication Pakistan has reported three cases of polio after a gap of 15 months Updated 18 May, 2022 04:56pm
Pakistan Administering polio drops to children is national responsibility: minister PESHAWAR: Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel has said that... Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am
Pakistan COAS, Bill Gates hold talks on polio, Covid-19 challenges ISLAMABAD: General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Pakistan Army and Bill Gates, Co-Chair of ... Published 01 May, 2022 05:11am
Editorials Unfinished fight against polio EDITORIAL: Just as Pakistan seemed to have won the battle against poliovirus, the first case of the debilitating... Published 28 Apr, 2022 05:37am