Overview

• The National Emergency Operations Centre set the nationwide campaign for October 13–19, with a South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa round slated for October 20–23.
• Punjab aims to reach 23.3 million children, Sindh targets 10.6 million, Balochistan is deploying 11,144 teams for over 2.6 million children, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has assigned 35,248 workers with about 50,000 security personnel.
• Karachi plans to vaccinate 2.7 million children with intensified follow-up on refusals and extra focus on areas showing positive environmental samples.
• Lahore scheduled a separate Fractional IPV campaign for November 3–12 across 122 high-risk union councils to bolster longer-term protection.
• Official 2025 case tallies differ slightly, with reports citing 27 or 29 cases, prompting synchronized drives as neighboring Telangana, India, also launched a precautionary campaign covering about 1.756 million children.