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Most stressed out nations: PM for SDR step to help alleviate BoP pressures

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphasised allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) of $500 billion to...

Updated 26 Jan, 2021 09:51am

World

WHO, Pfizer strike Covax deal for 40m Covid vaccine doses

GENEVA: The WHO and pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer on Friday announced a deal for up to 40 million initial doses of ...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

World

WHO, Pfizer strike Covax deal for 40mn Covid vaccine doses

"I'm glad to announce that Covax has signed an agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech for up to 40 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine,"

Published 22 Jan, 2021 11:43pm

World

S.Korea expects first batch of COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX within weeks

Vaccinations will begin as soon as possible, but the exact date has yet to be decided, he said.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 02:47pm

Covid-19 vaccines will be made available free of charge: SAPM

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Health Dr Faisal Sultan has said that the...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

World

World facing ‘catastrophic moral failure’ on vaccines, says WHO chief

GENEVA: The world is on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if rich countries hog Covid-19 vaccine doses...

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:43am

World

Nigeria requests 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from African Union

As of Monday, Nigeria, the continent's most populous country of 200 million inhabitants, had 110,387 confirmed cases and 1,435 deaths.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 12:19am

Only for emergency use: DRAP approves AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

ISLAMABAD: AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in Pakistan, Special Assistant to...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

World

WHO hopes to start vaccination in poorer countries in Feb

He said the COVAX programme could begin vaccinating people in February, and there was an effort to speed it up so some vaccinations in poor countries could take place this month.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 12:03am

World

WHO urges countries to stop making bilateral vaccine deals

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked countries that have booked excess vaccine doses to "donate and release them to Covax immediately.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 12:54am

World

Vietnam says to buy AstraZeneca vaccine, in talks with other producers

Vietnam, which has yet to give formal regulatory approval to any vaccine, is also developing vaccines domestically.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 09:25am

World

Mexico approves AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine

Together with Argentina, it also has an agreement with the British drugs giant to produce its vaccine to supply to Latin American nations.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 08:49am

World

eSwatini aims to vaccinate entire population against COVID-19

eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is participating in the COVAX global vaccine distribution scheme co-led by the World Health Organization.
We are still trying to explore other sources for the vaccine in the event the country fails to secure the additional vaccine doses through the COVAX Facility due to limited supplies.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 08:11pm

World

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 82.9 million, death toll at 1,809,744

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Published 01 Jan, 2021 12:53pm

Business & Finance

Ukraine signs up for China's Sinovac vaccine, with doses expected soon

We conducted very active, multi-month negotiations and got a concrete result.
He also said the government hoped to receive the first batch of eight million doses of vaccines under the global COVAX facility, set up to provide vaccines to poorer countries, in March.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 07:48pm

World

Africa needs about $9bon for COVID-19 vaccines, access is big problem

African nations cannot compete with wealthier governments that have secured huge supplies of inoculations.
If the supply of COVID-19 vaccines is left to (the) market, many developing countries will be essentially rationed out of it, Africa included.

Updated 23 Dec, 2020 08:18pm

World

Peru suspends flights from Europe as coronavirus cases near one million

Sagasti said no direct flights from the United Kingdom had entered the country since December 15, when flights from Europe restarted. But health authorities were monitoring passengers from Britain who had entered through connecting flights, he said.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 02:54am

World

Malaysia buys AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, seeks more from China, Russia

The government expects to receive the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in February, he added. Malaysia was the first country in Southeast Asia to strike a deal with the US drugmaker.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 09:31am

Pakistan

COVID-19 claims 17 more lives, infects 1120 others

This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here from CM House on Saturday.

Published 19 Dec, 2020 08:50pm

World

WHO says its coronavirus vaccine programme has secured 2 billion doses

The huge vaccine reservoir means that COVAX, a 190-country international programme that seeks to ensure all countries have equal access to coronavirus vaccines, can plan to start delivering the shots in the first quarter of 2021.

Published 19 Dec, 2020 04:28pm

World

Swiss authorise Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

"After a meticulous review of the available information, Swissmedic concluded that the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech is safe and that its benefit outweighs the risks," the body said in a statement.

Published 19 Dec, 2020 04:26pm

World

Sydney to Hobart yacht race cancelled after coronavirus outbreak: official

The 628-nautical mile (1,163-kilometre) bluewater classic was due to start on Boxing Day, but with parts of Sydney being locked down after a new cluster of Covid-19 cases, it was cancelled.

Published 19 Dec, 2020 04:16pm

World

Covid-19 vaccine delivery to poor countries to start in early 2021: WHO

Announcing the agency had secured nearly two billion doses of vaccine candidates, the WHO said in a statement that this would "enable all participating economies to have access to doses in the first half of 2021, with first deliveries anticipated to begin in the first quarter of 2021."

Updated 18 Dec, 2020 06:46pm

Pakistan

National COVID positivity surges at 7.59 percent; 2,447 patients critical

The positivity ratio was determined on the basis of positive cases appearing in 100 samples of COVID-19 patients.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 05:44pm

World

Ukraine PM says first COVID-19 vaccines expected in Feb

Separately, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said Ukraine wanted to resume production of its own vaccine candidate and a clinical trial was being prepared, without giving details.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 05:15pm

World

Swiss coronavirus cases surpass 400,000, deaths top 6,000

The total number of confirmed cases in Switzerland and neighbouring principality Liechtenstein increased to 403,989, the death toll rose by 120 to 6,003, and 184 new hospitalisations kept pressure on the health care system.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 05:09pm

World

New virus restrictions threaten Hong Kong's last true junk boat

But the wooden ship has been docked after new measures to stem a fourth wave of the coronavirus were introduced earlier this month, threatening the city's last remaining antique junk.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 05:06pm

World

Australian virus cluster triggers travel clampdown

The outbreak follows a period of relative normality in the city after it proved a success in keeping a lid on the virus in recent months.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 04:50pm

World

WHO vaccine scheme risks failure, leaving poor countries no COVID shots until 2024

COVAX programme is the main global scheme to vaccinate people in poor and middle income countries around the world against the coronavirus.
“The risk of a failure to establish a successful COVAX Facility is very high,” says an internal report to the board of Gavi.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 05:33pm

World

Study finds 1 in 10 people in Spain has been infected with virus

The sero-prevalence study, presented late on Tuesday, is now in its fourth round. Its work involved carrying out rapid antibody tests on 51,409 people across the country of some 47 million people between November 16 and 29.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 05:00pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 19	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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