According to federal health department, two new cases have been reported from Peshawar and one each from Khyber Agency in tribal areas and Qila Abdullah district in Balochistan.

The year 2014 has been the toughest year for the Pakistan anti-polio programme as the number of confirmed cases is going to touch the 300 mark, the highest in the country since 1999.

During the past six months, Pakistan had topped in the world polio cases with 85 per cent of all the polio cases reported around the world. (SDF/KH)