More than two million children of five years of age will be vaccinated during the campaign.


Peshawar: A five-day anti-polio sub-national immunization campaign begins in nine districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday.
According to the Emergency Operation Center, the districts include Peshawar, Nowshera, Bajaur, Mohmand, Swat, Khyber, DI Khan, Tank and South Waziristan.
More than two million children of five years of age will be vaccinated during the campaign.
The polio teams will visit door to door to vaccinate the children. They will also be available at bus stops, railway stations, Afghan refugee camps and other public places to ensure vaccination of every child.
Tight security measures have been taken to ensure security of polio teams in the province.

Japan records hottest June in its history this year
- 3 hours ago
US officially ends sanctions program on Syria
- 6 hours ago
Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister sentenced to prison for corruption
- 30 minutes ago
Pakistan's Sadia Iqbal retains top spot in ICC Women's T20 bowler rankings
- 3 hours ago

Sindh govt declares July 5-6 public holidays for Youm-e-Ashura
- 5 hours ago

Polio campaign extended to age 15 amid new cases in older children
- 5 hours ago

Federal Govt decides to shut down utility stores from July 10
- 3 hours ago
Musk proposes new political party, targets lawmakers over Trump-backed spending bill
- 4 hours ago
Govt upholds decision to import 500,000 tons of sugar
- 2 hours ago

Faisalabad police arrest driver and accomplice for harassing university student
- 37 minutes ago

Trump says will ‘take a look’ at deporting Musk
- 3 hours ago

KSE-100 index surges past 127,000 points
- 6 hours ago