ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s embassy in Abu Dhabi on Thursday said that Pakistani nationals who were injured in a factory fire in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Ajman city earlier this year have recovered and will be repatriated to the country “soon,” thanking the UAE government for their support in looking after the injured persons.
Nine Pakistani nationals were injured in February after a fire broke out at a chemical factory in Ajman. The injured Pakistani nationals hailed from Shaheed Benazirabad in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province and Dera Ghazi Khan in the eastern province of Punjab.
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UAE Faisal Niaz Tirmizi visited Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) on Thursday to inquire after the health of the injured Pakistanis there.
“By the grace of Almighty Allah, these patients have now recovered and will be transported to Pakistan soon,” the Pakistani embassy in Abu Dhabi said in a press release.
Tirmizi visited each patient at the hospital, the embassy said, conveying his best wishes and prayers for their complete recovery. He assured them of the Pakistan mission’s commitment to facilitate their return to Pakistan.
The Pakistani envoy also met the doctors and paramedical staff at the SMCC during his visit. “He expressed his gratitude to the SSMC team for their tireless efforts in treating these severe burn cases around the clock,” the press release said.
Tirmizi presented appreciation letters to the doctors and paramedical staff, conveying his thanks to the UAE government for their support.
The Gulf country is home to an estimated 1.5 million Pakistani expatriates and is the second-largest source of remittances to the South Asian country after Saudi Arabia.
The UAE is also Pakistan’s third-largest trading partner after China and the United States. Policymakers in Pakistan consider the Gulf state an optimal export destination due to its geographical proximity, which minimizes transportation and freight costs while facilitating commercial transactions.
Pakistanis injured in Ajman factory fire have recovered, will be repatriated ‘soon’ — Pakistani embassy
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Pakistanis injured in Ajman factory fire have recovered, will be repatriated ‘soon’ — Pakistani embassy
- Nine Pakistanis were injured in February when chemical factory in Ajman had caught fire
- Pakistan’s envoy to UAE visits Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City to inquire after injured Pakistanis
Pakistan vaccinates over 26 million children amid declining polio cases
- Pakistani authorities say polio cases dropped to 31 in 2025 from 74 a year earlier
- Over 400,000 workers deployed as Pakistan, Afghanistan run simultaneous campaigns
KARACHI: Pakistan on Wednesday said its first nationwide polio vaccination drive of 2026 was continuing for a third day, with health workers having immunized more than 26.8 million children amid a decline in reported cases of the crippling disease.
The campaign, being conducted simultaneously in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, comes after Pakistan reported 31 polio cases in 2025, a significant drop from 74 cases in 2024, which officials had described as alarming.
More than 400,000 polio workers are going door to door across the country to administer oral polio drops to children, the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) said.
“More than 26.8 million children have been vaccinated nationwide in the first two days of the campaign,” it said in an update, urging parents to cooperate with vaccination teams and ensure their children receive the drops.
According to the statement, more than 14.5 million children have been vaccinated in Punjab, 5.88 million in Sindh, 4.32 million in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and around 1.28 million in Balochistan.
Vaccination figures also included nearly 294,000 children in Islamabad, more than 165,000 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 446,000 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Health authorities warned that polio is an incurable disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, stressing that sustained immunization efforts were essential to prevent its spread.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio remains endemic, and both have stepped up coordinated vaccination drives in recent years amid concerns about cross-border transmission.
