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Chief Secretary orders stepping up efforts to eradicate polio

Lahore : Chief Secretary Punjab Capt (r) Zahid Saeed has directed deputy commissioners to spearhead the activities being undertaken to eradicate polio in their districts and hold review meetings on regular basis. He said that concerted and joint efforts are needed for complete eradication of polio from the country. He ... Read More »

Punjab is all set to complete implementation of global switch from TOPV to BOPV

Lahore: Punjab is all set to complete implementation of global switch from Trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (TOPV) to Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (BOPV) from 25th April. Director EPI Dr. Munir Ahmed chaired a meeting of EPI experts and technical officials from UNICEF, WHO and Gates Foundation on Wednesday to review the progress ... Read More »

Punjab will hold polio campaign from February 15 to 17

Lahore: Punjab will hold polio campaign in eight districts from February 15 to 17, said Advisor to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique here on Wednesday. Khawaja Salman Rafique said that the campaign is part of the Sub National Immunization Day and will target selected eight districts deemed to ... Read More »

PM’s Special Focus Group to discuss Polio Eradication

Lahore: As part of government efforts to eradicate Polio from the country, the Polio Focus Group, specially constituted by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be meeting here this week to discuss eradication of the deadly disease. The meeting would help preparation of a joint strategy for achieving maximum benefits during ... Read More »

Musharraf appearance in the court is good for democracy:PTI

Lahore: Ejaz Ch PTI president Punjab commenting on the Musharraf appearance in the court said that it was good that for the first time an army dictator had been indicted of violating the constitution . PTI believes that is above the law regardless of its position and rank he said ... Read More »

India, Pakistan Cricket teams unite to Bowl Out Polio

New Delhi / Islamabad: Clashing for the One Day International match in Delhi, the India and Pakistan cricket teams are united for a common goal; to defeat polio. Cricket stars Younus Khan and Imran Farhat today administered polio drops to children and joined the appeal to Bowl Out Polio. “We ... Read More »

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