Overview

• Health officials confirmed infections in Badin and Thatta through the NIH regional reference laboratory, with both cases involving young girls.
• The year-to-date total stands at 29 cases, including 18 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, nine in Sindh, and one each in Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.
• The National Emergency Operations Centre has scheduled a countrywide campaign for October 13–19 targeting over 45.4 million children, with workers planning door-to-door outreach and Vitamin A supplementation.
• A subnational drive earlier in September covered 88 districts and administered polio drops to nearly 21 million children under five.
• Geo News, citing program sources, reports that nearly 35,000 parents in Sindh declined vaccination during a September 1–7 effort, with most refusals in Karachi.