Fresh polio cases emerge in KP as 2025 Pakistan toll rises to 31
A girl receives polio vaccine drops during an anti-polio campaign in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi, July 20, 2020. — Reuters A 5th case of polio has been confirmed from the North Waziristan region. Southern KP reports the majority of cases in 2025. A nationwide polio campaign is planned for early February. KARACHI: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has confirmed a new case of wild poliovirus (WPV1) in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), bringing the total number of polio cases in Pakistan in 2025 to 31. The National Emergency Operations Center,







