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Pakistan’s healthcare sector struggling with R&D deficiencies, medicine shortages

KARACHI: Pakistan’s healthcare sector is facing severe challenges due to a lack of research and development...

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 09:53am

Pakistan

Punjab CM inaugurates Pakistan’s biggest drug warehouse

LAHORE: Inaugurating the Pakistan’s biggest medicines warehouse here at Maraka, Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 07:08am

Pakistan

‘AI’ rapidly transforming landscape of healthcare, medicine: Experts

LAHORE: Like other industries, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the landscape of healthcare and...

Updated 04 Jul, 2024 08:10am

Pakistan

Substandard and spurious medicines: Punjab CM for strict implementation of monitoring steps

LAHORE: While approval to a programme aimed at eliminating substandard and spurious medicines across Punjab, Chief...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 07:26am

Pakistan

DRAP recalls drug

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan (DRAP) has recalled drug product; Barpon 100mg/5mL Suspension ...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

Pakistan

Biochemists urged to expedite efforts towards drug discovery objective

FAISALABAD: Experts at international symposium have urged the biochemists to expedite their efforts in term of the...

Published 04 Mar, 2024 04:15am

Pakistan

Recall of defective drugs: DRAP seeks input of stakeholders on guidelines

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in line with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

Business & Finance

Citi Pharma signs manufacturing contract with Martin Dow Marker

Citi Pharma Limited (CPHL) has signed a manufacturing contract with Martin Dow Marker Limited to produce ‘WINTIGENO’...

Published 08 Nov, 2023 01:30pm

World

Paris to send tents, medicine in humanitarian shipment to Gaza

PARIS: Paris will send an aircraft filled with humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza, including tents, medicine and...

Published 27 Oct, 2023 12:32am

Editorials

‘A nightmare for everyone’

EDITORIAL: An international rights advocacy organisation, Human Rights Watch, has issued a damning report on the...

Published 01 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Business & Finance

Medicine importers face huge losses due to rupee devaluation

KARACHI: Pharmaceutical sector is expecting a severe shortage of lifesaving medicines in the country as the ...

Published 22 Mar, 2023 06:24am

Pakistan

Forum launched for women’s leadership in medicine

KARACHI: The number of women entering the healthcare workforce has increased rapidly over the last decade. However,...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Business & Finance

Pharmaceutical companies seek ‘inflationary adjustments’ in medicine prices

Cite significant rupee depreciation, surging inflation as reasons behind their request

Published 06 Feb, 2023 10:09pm

Editorials

Headache relief

EDITORIAL: The government has agreed to increase the price of a drug which is used to treat fever and mild pain....

Published 04 Nov, 2022 05:56am

World

India rushes food, medicine to bankrupt Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka accepted a rice and pharmaceuticals shipment from neighbouring India Friday as the island nation...

Published 25 Jun, 2022 04:42am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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