Islamabad, Jun 21 (PTI) Pakistan has recorded the twelfth poliovirus case of the year, according to media reports. The new case was recorded on Friday despite the completion of three nationwide anti-polio campaigns this year. The victim is a 33-month-old male child from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Dawn newspaper reported, quoting the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health. He had received two doses of polio vaccine during routine immunisation, but was not administered the injectable vaccine. The latest case is the sixth to be reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Three nationwide campaigns have been held in the country so far in 2025, in February, April, and May. Poliovirus was also detected in environmental samples taken from seven different districts in the country, The News International newspaper reported, citing a report by the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme. The virus was found in environmental samples from Quetta, Gwadar, South Waziristan (lower), South Waziristan (upper), Larkana, Rawalpindi, and Mirpurkhas. Last year, Pakistan reported 74 polio cases. The crippling disease remains endemic only in Pakistan and Afghanistan. PTI GRS GRS GRS