Health

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan successfully completed its second countrywide anti-polio drive of 2026 on Sunday. The week-long campaign, which began on April 13, was aimed to vaccinate approximately 45 million children under the age of five across the country. The campaign covered all major regions, including Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and […]

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Reports circulating about a sudden spike in HIV cases in Islamabad Capital Territory have been dismissed as misleading. Authorities clarified  that the cited figure of 618 cases represents a cumulative total recorded over the past 15 months and not a recent outbreak. The government stressed that the trend in the monthly registration

  MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has decided to make ad-hoc appointments to 246 posts of various categories in the Department of Public Health. Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, and Minister of Public Health of the Azad Government of the State of Jammu and

  FORWARD KAHUTA (Kashmir English): Muslim Hands, in collaboration with the Health Department of Azad Kashmir, organized a mobile free medical camp in Tungairi where over 200 patients were provided with quality and free medical facilities. Experienced doctors and trained medical staff provided services in a highly professional manner, ensuring OPD examination and detailed check-up,

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan will launch the second countrywide anti-polio campaign of 2026 on April 13 (Monday) that will continue till April 19. An inauguration ceremony for the April 2026 National Immunization Days (NID) Polio Campaign was held at Mohra Sharif Astana, marking the start of synchronized activities for Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Another major