Islamabad: The first nationwide door-to-door anti-polio campaign of the 2018-19 low transmission season begins today (Monday) in all districts except Sheikhupura and Orakzai, where it will tee off a day later. The campaign has been synchronized with Afghanistan to ensure effective vaccination of mobile children. The campaign will target 38.6 million children under five years of age; these include 19.22 million children in Punjab, 8.88 million in Sindh, 6.75 million in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2.5 million in Balochistan, 0.7 million in AJK, 0.237 million in Gilgit-Baltistan and 0.33 million in Islamabad.
During the three-day campaign, Vitamin A supplements will also be given to around 35 million children aged between 6-59 months. From 8 polio cases in 2017, Pakistan has reported four cases so far in 2018 from two districts (3 from Dukki and 1 from Charsadda).
Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri took up Sher Afzal bail plea for hearing
CCP’s announcement made, stating that applicants are required to pay money upfront in order to enroll
According to details, the police took a van filled with female students of medical college to a police station on...
In this image, the logo of the Nowshera Press Club can be seen. — Facebook/Nowshera Press Club/FileNOWSHERA: The...
Senator Sherry Rehman said the PPP had previously extended an offer to the PTI to form a government, but the PTI is...
A division bench comprising Justice Shakeel Ahmad and Justice Dr Khurshid Iqbal heard the petition filed by the KP...
