Overview
- Two additional polio cases raised Sindh’s 2025 total to nine, prompting suspensions of the Badin and Keamari DHOs, show-cause notices to Badin and Thatta DCs, removal of two ACs, and orders for targeted OPV with IPV boosters and large-scale campaigns through December.
- Health officials reported 81% of environmental samples in Sindh tested positive for poliovirus, with all 12 Karachi sites repeatedly positive, and authorities will deploy high-level teams to high-risk districts to find unvaccinated children.
- Karachi police are investigating two bodies found in a Qayyumabad home, with SSP South saying initial information suggests a husband killed his wife and then himself, while in Sargodha an FIR alleges a fake spiritual healer tried sexual extortion; the suspect fled and raids are underway.
- In Laki Marwat, a joint police–peace committee operation killed one militant and two escaped, according to district and regional police officials who praised local participation.
- Punjab expanded social support and education programs, with the Honhaar Scholarship and Laptop Scheme (phase 2) pledging 80,000 scholarships next year and 118,000 laptops, and the Himmat Card’s third phase adding 35,000 beneficiaries toward over 100,000 this fiscal with Rs10,500 quarterly assistance.