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Polio left unchecked in Pakistan, Afghanistan can spread to other countries:...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said that polio “could spread back to other countries” if it’s last reservoirs in Pakistan and Afghanistan were not eradicated. “Pakistan is starting to take this...
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Police officer injured in attack on polio team in Karachi, dies
KARACHI: A police officer, who was injured in an attack on a polio team in Karachi, succumbed to his injuries late on Friday. Assistant Sub Inspector Tabbasum Ali of Anti Encroachment Police was shot...
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Polio: The other war
Last year, Pakistan hit a new low when it broke its own 14-year record with 202 reported polio cases, most of them from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). This came as no surprise given the resistance towards...
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Polio: 0.75m children inoculated
PESHAWAR: A one-day polio immunisation campaign was conducted on Sunday in 97 union councils of Peshawar district. According to a health official, poliovirus drops were administered to over 0.75...
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Calling the shots: Drive under way in 20 districts to immunise 2.7 million...
SHABQADAR / PESHAWAR: With the aim to vaccinate 2.7 million children under the age of five, a polio immunisation drive is under way in 20 districts of the province. According to health officials, a...
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POLIO: City’s first polio case of 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...
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Selection process for polio workers under fire
PESHAWAR: The World Health Organization (WHO) sought applications from candidates from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) for the ‘Global Polio Eradication Initiative’ in Pakistan to stem...
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Eradicating the menace: Anti-polio campaigns in sensitive areas
KARACHI / SUKKUR: A two-day special anti-polio campaign will be conducted in eight highly sensitive union councils of Karachi while a similar campaign will be held in Sukkur. Around 241,000 children...
View ArticleTargeted operation: Army chief to walk extra mile for Karachi peace
KARACHI: Army chief General Raheel Sharif has laid emphasis on empowering the police as an ‘apolitical and effective force’ and vowed to go to any extent in support of the ongoing targeted operation...
View ArticleGordon Brown proposes security plan for schools in Pakistan
United Nations Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown on Tuesday proposed a foolproof security plan for provision of better safety measures in the schools of Pakistan, BBC reported. The former British...
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Petition seeking seizure of spot-fixing trio’s assets not admissible: LHC
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday said a petition seeking the seizure of assets of disgraced cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir was not admissible, Express News reported....
View ArticleIndia’s ‘Charlie’s Angels’ take on capital’s mean streets
NEW DEHLI: As dawn breaks over the Indian capital, a group of police women are already hard at work practising their punches, on a mission to rid the city’s streets of sexual predators. Dressed in...
View ArticleJapan unveils $15.5 mn aid against Mideast terrorism
TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday announced $15.5 million to fight “terrorism” in the Middle East and Africa, as Tokyo tries to demonstrate its resolve despite the murder of two citizens by Islamist extremists....
View ArticleSaudi cleric claims Earth is stationary, does not revolve around Sun
A Saudi cleric in a recent video rejected the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun and claimed that the opposite is true, Al Arabia News reported. His statements sparked a wave of social...
View ArticleHindu temple vandalised in US
WASHINGTON: A Hindu temple in Washington was vandalised with hate speech in an act that shocked the community and locals and prompted authorities to launch an investigation, The Hindustan Times...
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LIVE: Eight killed in Lahore blast near Police Lines
Eight people were killed in a blast near Police Lines in Qila Gujar Singh area of Lahore on Tuesday, Express News reported. According to initial reports, a suicide bomber came to a hotel outside the...
View ArticleRunaway hit ‘Pyaray Afzal’ to grace TV screens again
Pyaray Afzal, a Pakistani romantic drama serial, is to be aired once again on public demand, actor Hamza Ali Abbasi confirmed on his official Facebook page. Pyarey Afzal was first aired on November 26,...
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TTP militant killed in Swat operation
BUNER: A member of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was killed on Tuesday during a security operation conducted in Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). A security official told The...
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US lauds deepening security cooperation between Pakistan, Afghanistan
The United States lauded on Wednesday Pakistan’s deepening security cooperation with Afghanistan. “We’ve long said that we welcome the prospect that we bring deepening cooperation between Afghanistan,...
View ArticleFive out of six PTCL employees recovered from Balochistan
QUETTA: Five employees of the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) who were kidnapped on February 6 have been recovered after an exchange of fire between security forces and kidnappers in the Zhob...
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