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WHO appeals for $1.5bn to tackle ‘unprecedented’ global health crisis

GENEVA: The World Health Organization appealed Thursday for $1.5 billion for emergency operations this year, warning...

Published 17 Jan, 2025 02:56am

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At least $10bn needed to rebuild Gaza health system: WHO

GENEVA: At least $10 billion will likely be needed to rebuild Gaza’s devastated health system over the next five to...

Published 16 Jan, 2025 11:55pm

World

Suspected outbreak of Marburg virus kills eight in Tanzania, WHO says

NAIROBI: A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of...

Published 15 Jan, 2025 12:46pm

Pakistan

Punjab thrashes out ‘immunization strategy’ for next five years

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Khawaja Imran Nazir said here on Thursday...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

Editorials

Poor access to healthcare

EDITORIAL: Pakistan has failed by a long shot to attain the standards required for universal healthcare (UHC)....

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 08:06am

Opinion

Nicotine pouches: health challenge?

Pakistan’s nicotine pouch market represents a complex intersection of public health concerns, regulatory challenges,...

Published 05 Jan, 2025 02:45am

World

China says shared Covid information ‘without holding anything back’

BEIJING: Beijing insisted on Tuesday that it had shared information on Covid-19 “without holding anything back”,...

Published 01 Jan, 2025 03:03am

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Five years on, WHO urges China to share Covid origins data

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand how...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 06:32am

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WHO chief says narrowly escaped death in Israeli strikes on Yemen airport

GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday he only narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli...

Published 29 Dec, 2024 02:48am

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Gaza hospital shut after Israeli raid, director held: health officials

GAZA STRIP: An Israeli military raid targeting Hamas has forced a major hospital in northern Gaza out of service and...

Published 28 Dec, 2024 07:27pm

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WHO says crew member suffered serious injury in Yemen airport strike

ZURIC: The UN air crew member hurt in an air strike on Yemen’s main international airport on Thursday suffered...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 02:09pm

Editorials

Polio resurgence

EDITORIAL: Kicking off this year’s anti-polio drive on Sunday at special ceremony Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:20am

World

Nine dead in attack on Sudan hospital: WHO

GENEVA: An attack on the main hospital in the western Sudanese town of Al-Fashir on Friday killed nine people and...

Published 15 Dec, 2024 02:50am

Opinion

Mercury and cosmetics – is beauty worth the risk?

Mercury—an element long known for its toxicity—has earned a notorious spot on the World Health Organisation’s...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 06:59am

Pakistan

Capacity development of health workforce highlighted

LAHORE: Vice-Chancellor Fatima Jinnah Medical University Professor Khalid Masood Gondal highlighted the need for...

Published 09 Dec, 2024 07:20am

Pakistan

‘Medication errors claim over 500,000 lives annually’

KARACHI: Medication errors, compounded by the lack of trained pharmacists, are causing over 500,000 deaths annually...

Published 08 Dec, 2024 02:56am

World

No indication of a warning before bombing of Gaza hospital, WHO says

BERLIN: The United Nations’ health agency has no indication that a warning was issued before Israel’s bombing early...

Published 06 Dec, 2024 04:42pm

World

Gaza civil defence: thousands flee Israeli strikes, evacuation calls

GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said the Israeli military issued evacuation calls Wednesday as it heavily...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 10:46pm

Pakistan

Scope of emergency services expanded to each union council

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Health and Emergency Services Khawaja Salman Rafique has said that Chief Minister...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

Pakistan

Millions of people still breathing hazardous air: ICIMOD

LAHORE: Millions of people across the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Himalayan Foothills (IGP-HF) continue to breathe...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 07:44am

World

226 health workers killed in Lebanon since October 7: WHO

GENEVA: Nearly 230 health workers have been killed in Lebanon since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza following the...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 04:55pm

Opinion

Clearing the air: A plan to combat smog in Punjab

The smog that engulfs Punjab every winter has grown from an environmental issue into a full-scale crisis, ...

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 08:46am

Opinion

Pakistan’s tobacco control dilemma

Pakistan’s struggle with tobacco control reveals how industry interference and policymaker susceptibility can...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am

Opinion

Existential threats, and need for 10-year economic, environmental, and epidemiological plan

The federal minister for planning and development, Ahsan Iqbal, reportedly indicated that the Prime Minister will...

Updated 21 Nov, 2024 04:13pm

Pakistan

Punjab shuts public spaces in smog-hit cities

LAHORE: Pakistan’s most populated province of Punjab ordered public spaces closed in smog-hit main cities,...

Updated 08 Nov, 2024 10:59pm

Pakistan

Lahore pollution level hits new high

LAHORE: Despite green lockdown and other measures being taken by the Punjab government, the intensity of air...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 06:34am

World

WHO says strike on Gaza polio vaccination centre injures four children

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said six people including four children were hurt Saturday in a strike on a...

Published 02 Nov, 2024 11:54pm

Pakistan

Air monitor records pollution level in Lahore 80 times above WHO limit

Air quality index to remain high for the next three to four days

Updated 02 Nov, 2024 04:09pm

Editorials

Dengue resurgence

EDITORIAL: With the advent of winter season, dengue a serious but preventable disease has erupted in epidemic...

Published 02 Nov, 2024 06:15am

World

WHO ‘deeply concerned’ about ‘rising attacks’ on Lebanon healthcare

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Friday it was deeply concerned about Israeli attacks hitting healthcare...

Published 01 Nov, 2024 10:56pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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