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'National Action Plan for Health Security' discussed

LAHORE: A delegation along with the CEO National Institute of Health met Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

Opinion

Fleeting calm: here comes the smog

The recent release of the Air Quality Life Index report has led to a persistent misunderstanding that environmental...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Pakistan

Misuse of antibiotic ignites fears of untreatable infections

KARACHI: Pakistan is facing a pressing concern regarding the excessive use of antibiotics, which may lead to the...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Pakistan

Acute Watery Diarrhoea: NIH’s CDC issues advisory for prevention, control

ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory for...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

Polio virus: Samples of Peshawar, Dera Bugti test positive

ISLAMABAD: The environmental samples collected from Peshawar city and District Dera Bugti from Balochistan have...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

Pakistan

NIH confirms one death from Covid-19 in Punjab

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday confirmed that one death was reported in Punjab from...

Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

NIH confirms one death from Covid-19 in Sindh

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Sunday confirmed that one death was reported in Sindh from...

Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am

Editorials

Resurgence of Covid-19

EDITORIAL: Health officials said on Thursday that 129 cases of coronavirus infections were reported in the previous...

Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Pakistan

77 new Covid-19 cases reported within 24 hours: NIH

ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Sunday said that 77 new coronavirus cases were reported during the last 24 hours...

Published 13 Mar, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

18 new Covid-19 cases reported

ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Sunday said that 18 new coronavirus cases were reported during the last 24 hours...

Published 09 Jan, 2023 07:50am

Pakistan

No case of Covid’s BF.7 variant found yet: NIH

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services has denounced the rumours regarding the spread of Omicron’s...

Published 04 Jan, 2023 06:02am

Pakistan ‘fully’ prepared to tackle any Covid-19 variant?

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is “fully” prepared to tackle and control any variant of Covid-19, as the federal and provincial...

Updated 27 Dec, 2022 09:41am

Pakistan

Typhoid fever: NIH bars diagnostic labs from conducting uncertified tests

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has barred diagnostic laboratories countrywide from conducting...

Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

Water availability in winter season: NEOC directs depts to make necessary arrangements

ISLAMABAD: The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) has directed all the relevant federal and provincial...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

27 Covid cases reported

LAHORE: Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel corona virus as the number of confirmed ...

Published 27 Nov, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

358 Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths reported across country

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reported 358 positive cases of coronavirus and eight Covid-19-related deaths across...

Published 17 Aug, 2022 06:07am

Editorials

Polio resurgence?

EDITORIAL: Just when the poliovirus seemed to have been restricted to the tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa —...

Published 09 Aug, 2022 03:37am

Editorials

Missing the window

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s performance during the pandemic was impressive by any standards, but it can’t get any...

Published 29 Jul, 2022 06:14am

Pakistan

Nationwide positivity ratio stands at 3pc: Another 582 Covid-19 cases detected

ISLAMABAD: The authorities have reported 582 new Covid-19 cases along with two coronavirus-related deaths in the ...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am

Pakistan

Covid-19: Uptick in number of infections, fatalities in past 24 hours

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has registered an uptick in the number of daily coronavirus infections and fatalities during the...

Published 23 Jul, 2022 04:10am

Pakistan

New Covid-19 cases register slight increase

ISLAMABAD: The new Covid-19 cases have recorded a slight increase only a day after a decline, the National Institute...

Published 15 Jul, 2022 06:20am

Pakistan

Covid positivity ratio declines

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday reported as many as 732 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the National...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Editorials

A new wave of Covid-19

EDITORIAL: Covid-19 is making resurgence all across the country because of the complacency that has set in at...

Published 06 Jul, 2022 05:35am

Pakistan

Covid-19: Children aged five to 12 will be vaccinated: Patel

ISLAMABAD: Following the detection of 541 coronavirus cases, the highest in three months with a positivity ratio of...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 06:07am

Pakistan

Monkeypox cases: All health authorities ordered to remain on high alert

ISLAMABAD: The government has issued special instructions to all the national and provincial health authorities to...

Published 30 May, 2022 05:53am

Pakistan

Sixth case of wild polio reported in North Waziristan

ISLAMABAD: Two more wild polio cases have been confirmed from North Waziristan, leaving young boy and a girl...

Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am

Pakistan

Pakistan confirms fourth polio case this year

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday reported fourth polio case of the year 2022 as a minor boy from North Waziristan ...

Published 26 May, 2022 05:26am

Pakistan

No monkeypox case reported in country so far: NIH

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has clarified that no case of Monkeypox has yet been diagnosed in...

Published 25 May, 2022 04:40am

Pakistan

NCOC will cease to function as Covid cases subside, NIH to take over

NCOC head Asad Umar says greatest privilege and honour of his life to chair the forum

Updated 31 Mar, 2022 12:12pm

Pakistan

UHS to set up country’s ‘first’ clinical research department

LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) vice-chancellor Prof. Javed Akram has said that the country’s ...

Published 28 Mar, 2022 06:21am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 17	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 17	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 17	153.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 17	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 17	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 17	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
India Sensex / Dec 17	80,684.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 17	39,164.26
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Hang Seng / Dec 17	19,815.30
FTSE 100 / Dec 17	8,195.20
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 17	20,246.37

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 17	70.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 17	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 17	2,644.07
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 17	68.53
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	8.02 ▲ 0.91 (12.80%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Data Agro / Dec 18 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	139.24 ▲ 12.66 (10.00%)
Diamond Ind. / Dec 18 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	20.90 ▲ 1.90 (10.00%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Dec 18 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	26.74 ▲ 2.43 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / Dec 18 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.01 ▼ -0.43 (-12.50%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	37.76 ▼ -4.20 (-10.01%)
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Dec 18 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45.90 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Calcorp Ltd / Dec 18 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	26.22 ▼ -2.91 (-9.99%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	199.88 ▼ -21.05 (-9.53%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.13
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▼ -0.21
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.54
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▼ -0.02
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -0.85
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.76
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▲ 0.03
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -3.68
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	31,365,092 ▼ -0.27

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