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Hypertension among children constitutes growing concern

KARACHI: Hypertension in young children is a growing concern in Pakistan, where the prevalence of hypertension among...

Published 29 Apr, 2024 04:49am

World

Heatwaves put millions of children in Asia at risk: UN

BANGKOK: Massive heatwaves across East Asia and the Pacific could place millions of children at risk, the UN warned...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am

Pakistan

Four children die in wall collapse near New Saeedabad

NEW SAEEDABAD: Four children die under the rubble of a house wall in a village near New Saeedabad, rescue sources...

Published 14 Apr, 2024 03:23am

Pakistan

Paediatric surgeons shortage exacerbates child mortality crisis: APSP

KARACHI: Thousands of infants and children succumb to congenital anomalies every year in Pakistan, due to severe...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am

Pakistan

SCF, YANCEE arrange seminar on climate change awareness for children

HYDERABAD: Climate change is an emerging phenomenon, and the existing curriculum needs to emphasize climate change...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am

Editorials

Shattered childhoods

EDITORIAL: The child rights NGO Sahil’s latest report detailing the plight of Pakistani children during 2023 is ...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:14am

Pakistan

Modern EPI vaccination centre set up

LAHORE: Inaugurating the model ‘EPI Vaccination Centre’ established in the Institute of Public Health (IPH) with...

Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am

Pakistan

Evening OPD introduced at Mayo Hospital for children

LAHORE: The Punjab health department has introduced extended evening OPD timings for pediatrics till 8:00pm daily,...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

Editorials

Abused children: the road to rehab is long

EDITORIAL: That Pakistan remains dismally poor at protecting its children from sexual abuse and online pornography ...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am

Pakistan

Alvi asks children to strictly follow Quaid’s principles

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday urged children to contribute to the country by achieving high standards...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Pakistan

Soaring pollution in Lahore fills wards with sick children

LAHORE: In the packed paediatric emergency room of a Lahore public hospital, parents holding sick children lined up...

Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Pakistan

11,000 deserving children get free education in Danish schools

LAHORE: Terming the Danish Schools as visionary initiative of the then Chief Minister of Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am

PM terms genocide of children ‘holocaust’

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar said that “a genocide and holocaust” is going on in Gaza...

Updated 21 Nov, 2023 08:47am

Pakistan

CM reaches out to affected children in Chakwal

LAHORE: A molestation case with the children in the madressah of Chakwal occurred. Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin ...

Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am

Pakistan

Awareness walk on ‘World Pneumonia Day’ held

LAHORE: Pneumonia is fatal for infants and weak people as aged people and children with low immunity are the easy...

Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am

Pakistan

NICVD, ChildLife sign MoU to treat children through tele-medicine

KARACHI: National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICVD) and ChildLife Foundation have signed one MoU to...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 06:11am

Opinion

Facilitate to educate

There are a lot of suggestions on how to eradicate poverty and help the underprivileged survive in these days of...

Updated 29 Sep, 2023 06:54am

Pakistan

One year on from floods, millions of Pakistani children still need urgent support, warns UNICEF

Agency says its appeal of $173.5mn to provide life-saving support remains only 57% funded

Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:50pm

Editorials

A dehumanising practice

EDITORIAL: Tens of thousands of children in this country, mostly girls, work as domestic help in private homes. Many...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

Editorials

Now a nutrition crisis

EDITORIAL: It’s is indeed most disturbing but no surprise, really, that Pakistan’s many crises – economic,...

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

Commuting to school not without risk for kids

As someone who has seen the transportation of children to school in Canada from up close it is horrifying to see how...

Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am

Editorials

Finally, some sense

EDITORIAL: It is sincerely hoped that the prime minister’s call for insulating the fields of health and education...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Editorials

Famished children

EDITORIAL: The level of acute malnutrition among children in this country is at a highly distressing level. An...

Published 29 Apr, 2023 06:04am

Pakistan

BISP benefits reach over 287,180 children and 266,060 PLW

ISLAMABAD: The benefits of Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) have so far reached to over 287,180 children and...

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am

Pakistan

StanChart hosts Iftaar for children of ‘HOPE’

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited in continuation of its resourceful initiatives for empowerment,...

Published 15 Apr, 2023 06:19am

Pakistan

World Autism Day marked

LAHORE: World Autism Day was marked here Sunday with a resolve that all out efforts will be made to raise awareness...

Published 03 Apr, 2023 06:36am

Pakistan

PTA, Unicef team up to promote safe online environment for kids

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the United Nations International Children’s Fund...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am

Pakistan

Army to provide free education to orphans, needy children

N WAZIRISTAN: A key step has been taken by the Pakistan Army to provide free quality education to the orphans and...

Published 26 Mar, 2023 03:19am

Pakistan

Crumbling Pakistan economy puts children’s futures on hold

LAHORE: Sixteen-year-old Nadia makes the one-hour journey to and from her employer’s house on foot each day,...

Updated 24 Feb, 2023 05:57pm

$826m pledged to UN fund for education in emergencies

GENEVA: During the first-ever pledging conference for education in emergencies and protracted crises, countries and...

Updated 17 Feb, 2023 08:46am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 21	278.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 21	278.30
USD to Japanese Yen / May 21	156.44
USD to Swiss Franc / May 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 21	1.27
Euro to USD / May 21	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 20	5308.13
Nasdaq / May 20	16794.88
Dow Jones / May 20	39806.77
India Sensex / May 21	73830.29
Tokyo Nikkei / May 21	39037.68
Hang Seng / May 21	19234.33
FTSE 100 / May 21	8383.95
Germany DAX 30 / May 21	18702.87

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 20	214678
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 21	79.32
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 21	19935
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 21	2414
Cotton US¢/pound / May 21	75.63
Petrol/Litre / May 22	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 22 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 22 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 22 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 22 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 22 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 22 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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