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CM vows to bring about 100pc improvement in public-sector hospitals

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed the authorities concerned to outsource rural health...

Published 07 Mar, 2025 05:45am

Business & Finance

Martin Dow group wins GDEIB Award in six categories

Karachi: Martin Dow, a pharmaceutical and healthcare group in Pakistan, received the Global Diversity, Equity, and...

Published 04 Mar, 2025 06:30am

Markets

PPMA refutes reports claiming medicine prices increased 15 times in just five years

The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has refuted recent reports which claimed that medicine...

Updated 01 Mar, 2025 05:16pm

Pakistan

CM’s initiatives on health sector reviewed

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif wants to bring visible improvement in the capacity of cardiac...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 08:14am

Pakistan

CM taking revolutionary steps in health sector: minister

LAHORE: Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique has said the Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif is...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 03:09am

Pakistan

UoL 16th convocation: Punjab CM praised for her health sector initiatives

LAHORE: Provincial Ministers for Health Khawaja Salman Rafique and Khawaja Imran Nazir attended the 16th Convocation...

Published 12 Feb, 2025 08:40am

Business & Finance

Arab Health in Dubai: where companies looked for the ‘wow effect’ for Pakistan’s pharma industry

DUBAI: Dubai’s Arab Health medical expo could be the medicine to the Pakistani pharmaceutical and surgical...

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:06am

Editorials

Tackling tobacco consumption

EDITORIAL: In grim news for public health in Pakistan, it has emerged that the country’s annual smoking-related...

Published 20 Jan, 2025 05:31am

Pakistan

Punjab health minister heaps praise on CM

LAHORE: Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique has said that historic steps are being taken in the health...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 07:56am

Pakistan

Use of tech in healthcare sector giving good results: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stated that the use of technology is being increased in all health...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 06:32am

18th Amendment has helped improve healthcare in provinces: Gilani

ISLAMABD: Chairman Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that the 18th Constitutional Amendment played a crucial...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 09:17am

Defence, trade, health and energy: Trump Admin engagement plan in final stages

Representatives from all ministries requested to give their feedback/updates on the status of pending issues as well as any new proposals for the new US government in writing

Updated 29 Nov, 2024 03:59pm

Pakistan

Health sector: Pakistan, US authorities agree to expand cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and US health authorities have agreed to expand cooperation in the health sector including...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:28am

Health and education services: Sindh Finance Bill 2024 does not immediately impose 15pc SST: SRB

ISLAMABAD: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has clarified that the Sindh Finance Bill, 2024 does not immediately impose a...

Updated 17 Jun, 2024 02:47pm

Business & Finance

Health sector: Punjab govt sets aside Rs539.15bn

LAHORE: The PML-N led Punjab government has set aside an amount of Rs 539.15 billion for health sector in the budget...

Published 14 Jun, 2024 06:31am

Life expectancy rises to 67.3 years

ISLAMABAD: The life expectancy in Pakistan has increased from 65.7 years to 67.3 years from 2015 to 2022, revealed...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:57am

Pakistan

Health sector: Mega projects worth Rs145bn in Punjab being expedited

LAHORE: With focus on health sector, the PML-N-led Punjab government in a short span of time has initiated seven ...

Published 09 May, 2024 03:11am

Pakistan

Action begins against quacks across Punjab: minister

LAHORE: Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique said on Monday that Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif is...

Published 07 May, 2024 07:16am

Pakistan

Health sector: PM terms global inequity as first, foremost problem

RIAYDH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday while terming the global inequity in health sector as “the first...

Published 29 Apr, 2024 04:49am

Pakistan

Sindh Community Foundation forms MSC for better health

HYDERABAD: MultiSectoral Committee (MSC) at the District level was formed by the Sindh Community Foundation under...

Published 26 Feb, 2024 05:07am

Pakistan

People can rebuild country by using their potential: Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said that no country could aspire to attain progress and prosperity...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 03:01am

Pakistan

CPSP delegation praises CM Punjab for his initiatives in health sector

LAHORE: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) has admired the caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi...

Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am

World

Arab Health in Dubai: Pakistan’s way forward into healthcare market?

This year, more than 40 Pakistani companies participated in the exhibition

Published 01 Feb, 2024 07:27pm

Pakistan

Health crisis in Pakistan: experts pin blame on govt for its indifference

Health sector experts said the government has a huge role to play in alleviating the health crisis in Pakistan –...

Published 30 Jan, 2024 10:27pm

Pakistan

Health sector: Minister briefs governor about measures

LAHORE: Federal Health Minister Nadeem Jan called on Punjab Governor Muhammad Balighur Rehman at Governor House...

Published 24 Jan, 2024 05:07am

Pakistan

Experts underscore need for unified response to deal with health sector challenges

ISLAMABAD: Top health experts from around the world on Thursday stressed the need for a unified response and...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am

Business & Finance

Public health sector: Pakistan needs to spend 1pc of GDP every year: World Bank

LAHORE: World Bank has estimated that Pakistan needed to spend one percent of current GDP, i.e. $4 billion, per year...

Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am

Business & Finance

Regulate quality of medicines, not prices, top Pharma Bureau official advises govt

Executive Director Pharma Bureau Ayesha Tammy Haque has advised the government to do away with price regulation,...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 08:25pm

WHO, Pakistan sign MoU on health sector

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar witnessed the memorandum of understandings (MoU) signing...

Updated 07 Nov, 2023 09:16am

Pakistan

President for promoting tele-medicine, tele-health services

KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi has called for promoting tele-medicine and tele-healthcare platforms to improve the...

Published 01 Nov, 2023 05:57am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 26	150.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 26	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 25	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 25	5,776.65
Nasdaq / Mar 25	18,271.86
Dow Jones / Mar 25	42,587.50
India Sensex / Mar 26	77,971.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 26	38,027.29
Hang Seng / Mar 26	23,483.32
FTSE 100 / Mar 26	8,660.31
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 26	22,923.69
France CAC40 / Mar 26	8,042.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 25	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Petrol/Litre / Mar 26	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 26	69.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 26	3,018.44
Diesel/Litre / Mar 26	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 26	65.37

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 26 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	3.01 ▲ 1 (49.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1 (11.12%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 26 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.40 ▲ 1.04 (10.04%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 26 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	110.80 ▲ 10.07 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 26 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	737.77 ▲ 67.07 (10%)
Data Agro / Mar 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	96.62 ▲ 8.78 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 26 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	58.44 ▲ 5.31 (9.99%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 26 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	14.48 ▲ 1.31 (9.95%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Mar 26 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	340 ▲ 30.55 (9.87%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 26 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Mar 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.95 ▼ -1.38 (-9.63%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Mar 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	58.50 ▼ -5.48 (-8.57%)
Bela Auto / Mar 26 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	167 ▼ -14.94 (-8.21%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 26 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	28.15 ▼ -2.4 (-7.86%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 26 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.88 ▼ -0.89 (-7.56%)
Frontier Ceram / Mar 26 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	22.40 ▼ -1.82 (-7.51%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 26 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.62 ▼ -5.95 (-7.48%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 26 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	900.16 ▼ -71.96 (-7.4%)
UDL International / Mar 26 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.11 ▼ -0.53 (-6.94%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,093,385 ▲ 1.6
P.S.O. / Mar 26 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,846,685 ▲ 1.38
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,825,615 ▼ -0.92
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,176,390 ▲ 0.07
B.O.Punjab / Mar 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,063,012 ▼ -0.18
Pak Petroleum / Mar 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,868,233 ▲ 7.49
Engro Fert. / Mar 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,391,574 ▼ -1.85
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,412,844 ▲ 0.01
TPL REIT Fund I / Mar 26 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,002,839 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Cement / Mar 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	10,156,162 ▲ 1.41

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