...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...in 2025, marking a concerning emergence of the crippling disease in an area previously thought to be polio-free.
Officials confirmed today that a 23-month-old child in the Diamer district has been infected with the poliovirus.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad officially confirmed the presence of the virus in the child from Diamer, indicating that this is the first time the poliovirus has been revealed in Gilgit-Baltistan.
This new case brings the total number of polio cases reported across Pakistain so far in 2025 to 11, according to health officials.
The re-emergence in Gilgit-Baltistan underscores the ongoing challenges in eradicating polio nationwide and highlights the critical need for continued vigilance and robust vaccination campaigns, even in regions where the virus has not been detected for an extended period.
The latest polio case comes despite an ongoing campaign to immunise 45 million children under five years of age across different parts of the country.