Pakistan, June 21 -- The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, has confirmed a new case of wild poliovirus in District Bannu, South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to a statement issued here on Friday, the 33-month-old male child from Union Council Shamsikhel, District Bannu is the sixth case of polio reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year.

To date in 2025, Pakistan has reported a total of 12 cases of polio, including six from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, four from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.

While nationwide polio eradication efforts continue with improvements in the quality of vaccination campaigns, the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rema...