KARACHI, March 9: A fresh anti-polio campaign to vaccinate about 6.5 million children up to the age of five year will be launched on March 14 instead of March 12, Expanded Programmne on Immunisation (EPI) announced on Friday.

EPI Sindh Director Dr Mazhar Khamisani gave no reason for deferring the campaign. However, it was reported that an association of vaccinators, demanding disbursement of their salaries, had stopped delivery of polio vaccine stocks to various towns of Karachi. They ended their protest after health secretary assured the agitating vaccinators of the release their salaries within a month.—PPI

Opinion

Editorial

When medicine fails
Updated 18 Nov, 2024

When medicine fails

Between now and 2050, medical experts expect antibiotic resistance to kill 40m people worldwide.
Nawaz on India
Updated 18 Nov, 2024

Nawaz on India

Nawaz Sharif’s hopes of better ties with India can only be realised when New Delhi responds to Pakistan positively.
State of abuse
18 Nov, 2024

State of abuse

DESPITE censure from the rulers and society, and measures such as helplines and edicts to protect the young from all...
Football elections
17 Nov, 2024

Football elections

PAKISTAN football enters the most crucial juncture of its ‘normalisation’ era next week, when an Extraordinary...
IMF’s concern
17 Nov, 2024

IMF’s concern

ON Friday, the IMF team wrapped up its weeklong unscheduled talks on the Fund’s ongoing $7bn programme with the...
‘Un-Islamic’ VPNs
Updated 17 Nov, 2024

‘Un-Islamic’ VPNs

If curbing pornography is really the country’s foremost concern while it stumbles from one crisis to the next, there must be better ways to do so.