“We cannot implement house-to-house vaccination,” Jafari stated, referencing the ban imposed by Taliban authorities on polio teams over security concerns. “The program is working closely with [Taliban ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemns attack near a girls’ school in the southwestern province of Balochistan.

Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of ...

A BOMB blast apparently targeting health workers killed nine people, including five children, in Pakistan’s restive ...

Karachi- At least seven people, including five schoolchildren and a policeman, were killed while 17 others were injured on ...

Nine people were killed, including five children, in a bombing on Friday that targeted a southwest Pakistan polio drive, ...

The UN said Wednesday its Gaza child polio vaccination drive was complete, with more than half a million children vaccinated ...

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on police, but suspicion is likely to fall on separatist groups and ...

Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan ... the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, where the Taliban government in September suddenly stopped a door-to ...

Beijing has frequently demanded better security for its nationals in Pakistan. Taliban suspended polio vaccination campaigns ...

A senior police officer told AFP a police van transporting personnel to protect polio staff was hit in the attack.

At least seven people, including five schoolchildren, have been killed and 23 injured in a bombing near a girls’ school in ...