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First polio case of 2015 reported in Ghaghai
INP
January 01, 2015, 3:25 pm
QUETTA - The new year?s first polio case was reported on Thursday morning from Chaghai district of Balochistan.
According to Balochistan Health Department, the crippling virus was found in a two-year-old Shafi Muhammad from the Barabcha area of Chaghai. This was the first polio case to be reported in 2015 in Pakistan. A total of 22 polio cases were reported from Balochistan in 2014 - most of these were reported from Quetta, Killa Abdullah and Pishin districts of the province. Polio teams have been facing tough resistance from extremists in the above-mentioned districts...
First polio case of 2015 reported from Balochistan
National
5 hours ago BY MONITORING DESK
QUETTA-
First Polio case of 2015 was reported from Balochistan?s Chaghi district on Thursday, private media reported.
According to the details provided by Balochistan Health Department, a two-year old boy Shafi Muhammad from the Barabcha area that lies close to the Pak-Afghan border was diagnosed with polio virus.
?At this point in time, we cannot say whether the parents had refused polio drops,? sources said...
Polio worker injured in Mohmand blast
Zahir Shah Sherazi
Updated about 4 hours ago
PESHAWAR: A polio worker was injured Monday in a remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Mohmand Agency's Safi tehsil.
Sources say that polio vaccinator, Sanab Gul, was targeted in the Chamarkand area of Safi tehsil while he was on way to attend a meeting on polio vaccination...
First polio case of new year reported from Tank
Ikram Junaidi
Updated about 9 hours ago
ISLAMABAD: The polio count for the year 2015 in the country started on Saturday as the first polio case of the new year was confirmed by the virology laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH).
An official of the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) said that although first case of 2015 had been reported, there were some pending cases from 2014 with the laboratory and they might drive the count of polio cases further upwards.
?A sample collected on Jan 3 has been confirmed and the child has been found to be suffering from polio.
Read: Islamabad pledges support for province with stark polio warning
?The child is a resident of Tank in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,? he said...
Policeman Escorting Polio Team Killed in Karachi
by Humaima Malik - Jan 19, 2015
Karachi ? A policeman was killed when anonymous assailant attacked a polio team here on Monday, Pakistan Tribune reported.
The incident occurred in Banaras Orangi Colony area of metropolis where two motorcycle riding assailant opened fire on a polio team dispersing polio vaccines to children in the area.
Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Tabassum, who was deployed to guard the polio team, received two bullets in head and was shifted to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No one else was hurt in the attack...
Polio case detected in Naushahro Feroze
our correspondent
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
From Print Edition
SUKKUR: A polio case was detected in Kandyaro city of Naushahro Feroze where doctors confirmed one-year-old Abdul Aleem to be suffering from polio virus.
Reports said that Abdul Aleem had been administered polio drops, and yet he was found to have been suffering from the polio virus which posed a challenge to the Health Department of Sindh. ..
Two fresh cases surface in K-P, Khyber
By Sehrish Wasif
Published: January 25, 2015
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan?s polio count in 2015 has reached three following the confirmation of two more polio cases ? one from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and another from Khyber Agency.
The polio virology laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed these two new cases of polio, one each from Lakki Marwat and Khyber Agency. Last year, K-P recorded the second highest number of polio cases...
Two new polio cases reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA
INP
January 30, 2015, 5:20 pm
PESHAWAR - Two new polio cases have been confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
According to Health Ministry officials, the polio virus was discovered in a child in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The second case was reported in South Waziristan. Both cases have the P1 virus...
Three new cases take country tally to six
By Our Correspondents
Published: January 31, 2015
KARACHI / PESHAWAR: Three more cases of polio were confirmed in the country on Friday, taking 2015?s count to six. The infected children belong to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Sindh.
According to the K-P health department, 29-month-old Munazza from Khweshgi village of Nowshera district tested positive for the poliovirus. Her sample was collected on January 5.
The second polio-infected child belongs to Birmal tehsil in South Waziristan Agency; nine-month-old Ataullah?s sample was collected on January 7.
The third case of the day hails from Qambar district in Sindh and the child?s sample was collected on January 4. Further details for this case have not been released yet...
Policeman guarding polio vaccinators gunned down in Quetta
National
13 mins ago BY STAFF REPORT
A policeman providing security to polio workers was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pashtunabad area of Balochistan?s provincial capital Quetta on Wednesday.
The deceased was reportedly targeted during a prayer break.
?Police constable Zainullah was shot in the head outside a mosque near the Basic Health Unit in Pashtunabad,? a police official said, adding that Zainullah had taken a prayer break and was returning to the health unit when two armed motorcyclists opened fire on him, killing him instantly...
POLIO: City?s first polio case of 2015
By Our Correspondents
Published: February 6, 2015
PESHAWAR: The provincial capital?s first polio case of 2015 was reported on Friday, taking the country?s total to seven, while salaries of over 30 teachers in Swabi were held for not participating in a vaccination drive.
According to the health department, seven-month-old Rabia, a resident of Mera Kachorhy area in Badhaber, was confirmed to have been infected by the crippling poliovirus.
This year?s polio tally stands at seven with four cases reported from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, two from Fata and one from Sindh...
Home Pakistan News Polio Team Driver Gunned Down in Landi Kotal
Polio Team Driver Gunned Down in Landi Kotal
by Ahmad Naveed Zafar - Feb 14, 2015
Khyber Agency ? Anonymous armed assistants opened indiscriminate fire at a vehicle carrying a team of polio workers in Landi Kotal on Saturday, killing the driver and injuring a worker.
According to media reports, the polio team was on its way for a meeting when it came under attack in Sheen Pokh Mena area of Landi Kotal. Resultantly, the driver of vehicle was killed on spot while a heath worker sustained injuries...
The Express Tribune
Bodies of kidnapped polio workers, police guards found in Zhob
By Shezad Baloch
Published: February 17, 2015
QUETTA: Bodies of a polio worker, his driver and two Balochistan Levies constables kidnapped four days ago in Zhob district were found on Tuesday.
According to a Levies official, the polio worker, driver and Levies guards were shot dead before their bodies were thrown in a desolated part of Gowal Ismailzai area in Zhob district. ?Some passersby spotted the bodies in Gowal Ismailzai and informed the officials,? he said.
A day before, on February 16, two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the same area while briefly encountering security forces during a search operation to find the polio team...
Two more tested positive for polio in KP, Fata
February 19, 2015
PESHAWAR - Two more polio cases surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on Wednesday, taking the number of polio cases registered so far to nine in the current year.
Official sources at provincial health department confirmed the newly-reported cases and said a 14-month-old girl Habiba from Sher Jangi union council in the outskirts of provincial metropolis and 13-month-old Shahzad from Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency were tested positive for the polio virus.
This year, they added, five polio cases were registered in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, three in Fata and one case was reported from Sindh province, while the number of cases recorded in 2014 was 303...
QUETTA: A fresh case of poliovirus has been detected in a 24-month-old girl in Daman Ashezai in Qila Abdullah district bordering Afghanistan. An official of Balochistan Health Department confirmed that 24-month-old girl Hanifa d/o Abdul Salam had contracted the crippling poliovirus...
Two new polio cases surface in Sindh, tally mounts to 16
INP
March 07, 2015, 7:32 pm
KARACHI - Two new polio cases were detected in Sindh province on Saturday after total number of polio cases reported during the current year has climbed to 16...
Two polio cases reported in Sindh, one in Balochistan
National
8 hours ago BY STAFF REPORT
Three new polio cases were reported from Sindh and Balochistan on Saturday.
According to details, two polio cases were detected in Dadu district of Sindh, bringing the total number of children affected by the crippling disease since January 2015 to 16.
A new polio case emerged in Balochistan?s Loralai district where a one-year-old boy was detected with the crippling disease...
More polio cases surface in FATA and Sindh
March 10, 2015, 2:35 pm
Karachi- Two more polio cases in children surfaced in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Sindh today taking the total to 18 across the country...
