Another polio case was reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tank district which has brought the total number of polio cases in Pakistan this year to 18.
Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad confirmed it on Friday.
Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic.
A press release by the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme confirmed that a 10-month-old boy from Union Council Mullazai in Tank district was confirmed as the 11th polio case from KP this year, bringing the country’s total number of cases in 2025 to 18. Last year, 74 cases were reported nationwide.
According to the press release, six campaigns, including four nationwide, have each reached over 45 million children since September 2024.