Around 241,000 children below the age of five will be immunised against polio virus on Saturday and Sunday in Karachi.

Candidate alleges nepotism in recruitment, claims he was threatened for disclosing the bias.

Education dept holds salaries of 36 teachers .

Partial campaigns being carried out in sensitive districts where risk of attacks is higher.

Vaccination drive for 20 other districts on the cards.

Polio workers in Pakistan risk everything to free the country from a crippling disease

ASI Ali was shot in the head while guarding a polio team in Orangi town area of Karachi on January 19

To eradicate polio, Pakistan needs to do the same things that Nigeria did, Gates says

Some 34.7m children inoculated against a target of 35.5m

Say they will not carry guns to school because that would negatively affect students.