Pakistan has reported two new polio cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising the country’s total to 26 in 2025, according to the Regional Reference Laboratory at NIH Islamabad. The cases were confirmed in a 19-month-old girl from North Waziristan and an 11-month-old girl from Lakki Marwat. With 18 cases, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remains the most affected province, followed by Sindh with six, and one each in Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan. Health officials warned that polio is highly infectious and incurable, stressing the importance of repeated Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) doses. Environmental surveillance in August found 51 positive samples out of 126 tests, with Sindh recording the highest number.