Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) As many as 71 children, including 40 in Sindh, have died due to measles in the first four months of 2026, local media reported on Sunday. Among the 71 children who have died due to measles in Pakistan, Sindh topped the list with 40 deaths followed by 12 each in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and four in Balochistan in the first four months of 2026, according to the official statistics, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. As many as 4,541 measles cases have been repo…
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Islamabad, April 13 (IANS) A police constable was killed and four others injured after law enforcement party heading to provide security for polio teams in Hangu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, local media reported. The incident happened in Thall tehsil of Hangu on the first day of vaccination campaign scheduled for April 13-19. In a statement, the Hangu District police said that unidentified assailants opened fire on a police party, killing a police personnel and injuring f…
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Two polio teams were attacked in different areas of Pakistan’s Lahore as parents did not allow them to administer polio drops to their children, local media reported on Tuesday. According to police, the suspects in Harbanspura area did not allow the polio team to administer drops to their children and then allegedly attacked the health workers, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported.According to the FIR, the suspects attacked the polio workers and subsequently, called th…
Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Around a million children were not vaccinated and 53,000 refusals were reported during the first polio campaign conducted in Pakistan in 2026, the local media reported on Monday. During the campaign, the largest share of refusals – 58 per cent – were reported in Pakistan’s Karachi. Polio drops were administered to over 44.3 million children in Pakistan. The data has indicated that the polio campaign achieved household coverage of 98 per cent, with only two per cent childr…
Islamabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Hyderabad region of Pakistan’s Sindh has not been able to achieve polio-free status in 2025, with over 12,000 children missing vaccination during the final nationwide campaign in 2025, sparking concerns over official negligence and public resistance, local media reported. Continuous indifference by health department officials has once again affected efforts to eliminate polio from the district, according to official sources. As many as 12,092 children aged below the age o…