Overview

• Pakistan’s National Institute of Health confirmed a new polio case in Hyderabad, identifying an eight-month-old girl as the latest patient.
• The 2025 tally stands at 27 cases nationwide, with 18 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, seven in Sindh, and one each in Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.
• A sub-national vaccination drive earlier this month covered 88 districts and reached roughly 21 million children under five.
• The next nationwide campaign is scheduled for October 13–19, aiming to vaccinate about 45.4–45.5 million children through more than 400,000 frontline workers.
• Geo News, citing provincial sources, reported nearly 35,000 parental refusals in Sindh during the recent drive, with most of them in Karachi.