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Coronavirus Vaccine

Moderna’s new booster produces stronger response against Omicron

Published 08 Jun, 2022 05:53pm

Moderna Inc said on Wednesday an upgraded version of its coronavirus vaccine produced a better immune response as a...

China megacity mass-tests, cancels flights after suspected Covid case

Published 28 Apr, 2022 10:44am

BEIJING: The Chinese megacity of Guangzhou cancelled hundreds of flights Thursday and launched mass testing of 5.6...

BioNTech profits soar in 2021 on global vaccine rollout

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:28pm

FRANKFURT: German vaccine-maker BioNTech on Wednesday reported a multi-billion-euro windfall in 2021 from sales of...

Some 50 Iranian MPs test positive for Covid

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

DUBAI: Some 50 members of Iran’s 290-seat parliament have contracted COVID-19, a senior MP said on Saturday as the...

Humanitarian aid to Afghanistan: Biden administration to give additional $308m

Published 12 Jan, 2022 04:25am

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration plans to donate an extra $308 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan,...

Australia regulator approves Pfizer vaccine for children 5-11

Published 05 Dec, 2021 12:16pm

MELBOURNE: Australia's medicine regulator on Sunday provisionally approved the Pfizer Inc coronavirus vaccine for...

Iraq gets 1.2 million doses of Pfizer Covid vaccine

Updated 20 Nov, 2021 01:46pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq said Saturday it has received 1.2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine through the ...

NCOC approves Chinese vaccines for kids aged 12 and older

Published 12 Nov, 2021 04:46am

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) announced on Thursday that its committee of health...

Umar says 40m people fully vaccinated

Published 31 Oct, 2021 04:07am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development and Chairman National Command and Operation Center (NCOC)...

Countrywide data: 1,490 Covid-19 cases detected

Published 05 Oct, 2021 04:34am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has detected 1,490 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours after conducting 52,415 tests at a...

Fake entries of coronavirus vaccine: 16 arrested, 12 cases registered in eight Punjab cities so far

Published 25 Sep, 2021 04:59am

LAHORE: While taking action against the officials involved in fake entries of coronavirus vaccine, the Punjab...

Covid-19: Punjab reports 24 more deaths

Published 25 Sep, 2021 04:59am

LAHORE: Out of 14666 tests conducted across the province in the last 24 hours; Punjab has reported 24 more ...

Fake Covid vaccination entry under Nawaz’s name

Updated 24 Sep, 2021 01:26pm

LAHORE: A fake coronavirus vaccine entry using former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s name was unearthed in the...

Pfizer says its Covid jab safe for children aged 5-11

Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am

FRANKFURT: Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday said trial results showed their coronavirus vaccine was safe and produced a...

Biden to host leaders of Australia, Japan, India Sept. 24: White House

Published 14 Sep, 2021 01:11am

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden will host a first in-person summit of leaders of the "Quad" countries -...

Japan orders 150 million doses of Novavax Covid vaccine

Published 07 Sep, 2021 11:41am

The cost of the deal was not announced, and it is contingent on the vaccine being approved in Japan

Corona positivity rate in Punjab soars to 7.10pc

Published 31 Aug, 2021 04:03am

LAHORE: While there is no let up in the spread of coronavirus, the overall positivity rate of virus in Punjab ...

NCOC fixes booster dose charges

Published 29 Aug, 2021 03:38am

ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Saturday fixed charges for booster dose of coronavirus...

Covid-19: 25 new deaths reported

Published 17 Aug, 2021 04:42am

LAHORE: There is no let up in fatalities due to Covid-19, as 25 more deaths were reported in Punjab including 12 in...

Highest toll during fourth wave: 3,669 fresh Covid-19 cases, 72 new deaths countrywide: NCOC

Published 17 Aug, 2021 04:42am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 3,669 more Covid-19 infections and 72 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours ...

Pharmaceutical firms rake in billions with Covid jabs

Published 10 Aug, 2021 04:39am

PARIS: Covid vaccines have brought billions of dollars to the coffers of pharmaceutical companies. Germany’s...

Govt has not yet approved booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine

Published 07 Aug, 2021 04:01am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has not approved booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine as yet for the citizens as...

India's gender inequity in vaccinations narrows

Published 04 Aug, 2021 12:46pm

The country wants to immunize all its adult population of 944 million by December and has given at least one dose to nearly 40% of them

11 more vaccination centres set up in city: Wahab

Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:35am

KARACHI: Spokespe-rson of Sindh Government and Advisor for Law, Environment & Coastal Development Barrister...

Italy reports 16 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, 6,513 new cases

Published 31 Jul, 2021 11:37pm

Italy has registered 128,063 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth-highest in the world. The country has reported 4.35 million cases to date.

Turkey's daily COVID-19 cases remain above 22,000, minister urges caution

Updated 30 Jul, 2021 11:16pm

Daily infections have surged in recent weeks from a low of 4,418 on July 4 to 22,291 on Wednesday, but Ankara has said it does not plan to impose restrictions yet. Data on Friday showed a daily death toll of 69 people.

UK to begin global vaccine rollout to Commonwealth, Asian nations

Published 29 Jul, 2021 04:48am

LONDON: Britain announced Wednesday it will begin donating millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world,...

Pakistan picks up vaccination pace as Covid-19 cases rise

Published 20 Jul, 2021 01:46pm

Country, however, still lags behind global average in inoculation drive
Has also continued to report more than 2,000 daily cases for nearly a week

In a first, Pakistan administers more than 500,000 Covid-19 vaccines in a day

Published 13 Jul, 2021 10:56am

NCOC head Asad Umar vows to increase pace of inoculation
Country reports more than 1,500 daily infections for the seventh consecutive day

EU hits goal of delivering vaccines for 70pc of adults

Published 11 Jul, 2021 04:01am

BRUSSELS: The European Union has hit its target of delivering enough coronavirus vaccine to cover 70 percent of the...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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