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Public health

Global Handwashing Day marked

LAHORE: With the theme – “Why are clean hands still important,” Global Handwashing Day-2024, was marked here ...

Updated 30 Oct, 2024 07:31am

US rallies partners to tackle drug-resistant typhoid outbreak in Sindh

KARACHI: To address the urgent threat of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid in Sindh Province, the United...

Updated 05 Oct, 2024 08:30am

Pakistan

Discovering Diabetes save thousands from complications

KARACHI: The Discovering Diabetes initiative has prevented complications in 452,170 individuals who were previously...

Published 31 Aug, 2024 06:55am

Pakistan

PM vows to take steps aimed at eradicating tuberculosis

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister has reiterated government’s resolve towards at eradicating tuberculosis and ...

Published 25 Mar, 2024 05:47am

Editorials

An unrestrained public health hazard

EDITORIAL: For the last several decades, manufacturing and marketing of fake/substandard drugs have gone on in this...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am

Business & Finance

Cigarette industry: Influence on policymaking caused Rs567bn revenue loss in last 7 years

ISLAMABAD: The influence of cigarette industry on policymaking has not only impacted nation’s financial well-being...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am

Pakistan

Call to adopt tobacco harm reduction strategies

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan should consider adopting tobacco harm reduction strategies as part of tobacco control in public...

Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am

Pakistan

LHC orders closure of all cafes by 10pm

LAHORE: During the proceedings regarding petitions related to environmental issues, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on...

Published 25 Nov, 2023 05:19am

Pakistan

Pakistan urged to learn from German experience to decrease smoking prevalence

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan can effectively learn from German experience to bring down smoking trends in Pakistan by using...

Published 25 Nov, 2023 05:19am

Pakistan

Illegal Cigarette cos flout ban, putting profits over public health

LAHORE: Despite the ban imposed by the government about advertising and reward programs for cigarette sales, illegal...

Published 04 Nov, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

SPARC for levying health-related charges on tobacco products

LAHORE: Emphasizing the need for strengthening the tobacco control landscape in Pakistan, health professionals ...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:58am

Pakistan

Unregistered cigarette brands pose threat to public health, economy: NGO

LAHORE: Expressing serious concerns over the alarming prevalence of unregistered cigarette brands across the ...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Editorials

Feeble fight against malaria

EDITORIAL: According to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) statement, so far 42 countries and territories...

Published 03 Apr, 2023 06:36am

Editorials

A little-noticed public health threat

EDITORIAL: The statistics about the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) are startlingly worrisome. According to the World...

Updated 29 Mar, 2023 07:11am

Pakistan

Ministry proposes increase in taxes on sugary drinks

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations has proposed to the Ministry of Finance to...

Published 09 Feb, 2023 07:25am

Pakistan

Sugary drinks: experts, others reject OICCI’s recommendation

KARACHI: Civil society and health professionals rejected the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s...

Published 28 Apr, 2022 06:31am

Pakistan

PM, Bill Gates discuss public health, social sector plans

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke on telephone Tuesday with Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill &...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am

Opinion

Tackling the pandemic of inequality in Asia and the Pacific

After two years of human devastation, the world is learning to live with Covid-19 while trying to balance the...

Published 12 Apr, 2022 05:17am

BR Research

Towards universal health care?

Health is an essential component of the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs). The SDG 3.8 specifically aims to...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 08:02am

World

First suspected case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 detected in Switzerland

ZURICH: The first probable case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Switzerland, the government...

Updated 29 Nov, 2021 12:18pm

World

US to reopen borders to vaccinated travelers Nov 8

WASHINGTON: The United States will reopen its land and air borders on November 8 to foreign visitors fully ...

Published 17 Oct, 2021 04:41am

Pakistan

Service delivery departments: KP Govt decides to clearly define mandate, functions

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided to clearly define the mandate, jurisdiction ...

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:38am

Pakistan

Kamal terms census results approval ‘genocide of masses’

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal said the approval and publishing of the controversial...

Published 21 May, 2021 05:04am

Business & Finance

US business spending on equipment ends Q1 on strong note

WASHINGTON: New orders for key US-made capital goods rose solidly in March and shipments surged, cementing...

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:05am

World

India reports world's highest rise in COVID-19 cases

In a late surge, India has reported more than 300,000 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest global daily total.
The country now has a total of 15.93 million cases, the second-highest tally in the world, while deaths jumped by 2104 to reach a tally of 184,657, according to data from the Indian Health Ministry.

Published 22 Apr, 2021 11:37am

Pakistan

CM Sindh stresses need to invest in livestock sector for food security

“Therefore, there is a need to control FMD through vaccination by establishing an FMD vaccine manufacturing plant in the Sindh,” he said.

Updated 02 Apr, 2021 12:03am

World

Yemen receives first coronavirus vaccines: UN

ADEN: War-torn Yemen received the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday, the UN children’s agency said,...

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 09:09am

Opinion

Prof Dr Zia Ul Haq assumes charge of VC KMU Peshawar

PESHAWAR: On the recommendation of the Academic Search Committee headed by Prof Dr Atta-Ur-Rahman and subsequent...

Published 19 Mar, 2021 05:32am

Business & Finance

US private payrolls miss expectations; cost pressures rising for businesses

WASHINGTON: US private payrolls increased less than expected in February amid job losses in manufacturing and...

Updated 04 Mar, 2021 09:33am

Pakistan

Ex-minister opposes withdrawal of Covid-19 restrictions

PESHAWAR: Criticising the withdrawal of Covid-19 restrictions, former federal minister Salim Saifullah Khan said it...

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 09:47am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 15	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 15	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 15	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 15	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 15	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 15	1.05

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,580.31
S&P 500 / Nov 15	5,870.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 15	38,642.91
Nasdaq / Nov 15	18,680.12
Hang Seng / Nov 15	19,426.34
FTSE 100 / Nov 15	8,063.61
Dow Jones / Nov 15	43,444.99
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 15	19,210.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 15	67.02
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 15	233,371.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 15	2,563.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 15	68.91
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 16	18,085
Petrol/Litre / Nov 17	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	77,999,077 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	70,721,702 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	55,501,231 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,884,955 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	36,294,630 ▲ 0.00
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Nov 17 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	32,226,742 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Nov 17 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,018,611 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 17 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	22,405,457 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 17 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	21,319,898 ▲ 0.00

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