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WHO reports 10pc cut in malaria incidence in 2025

Published 22 May, 2026 07:09am

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported a 10 percent reduction in malaria incidence in Pakistan...

Spray campaign

Published 27 Sep, 2025 05:59am

KARACHI: Alkhidmat Karachi on Friday launched a citywide spray campaign to curb malaria and dengue outbreaks...

‘Malaria becomes increasingly endemic across country’

Published 25 Apr, 2025 07:43am

KARACHI: ChildLife Foundation is sounding the alarm on malaria’s growing threat to Pakistan’s children, as the...

Plasmodium vivax malaria: Findings offer new hope for global fight

Published 12 Apr, 2025 05:40am

KARACHI: The findings of a major international clinical trial EFFORT, recently presented at a conference hosted by...

Sindh reports 106,684 malaria cases in last week

Published 15 Oct, 2024 06:47am

KARACHI: Sindh has reported a sharp spike in malaria cases as the province has reported over 100,000 cases of the...

Malaria eradication: DoMC, AKU-MEC and Sindh govt join hands

Published 23 May, 2024 05:16am

KARACHI: In an initiative to combat one of the world’s deadliest diseases, the Directorate of Malarial Control...

Three more African nations roll out malaria vaccine

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

LAGOS: Three more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targetting millions of children in a...

Global Fund approves $285m grant to fight HIV/AIDS, TB & malaria

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

ISLAMABAD: The Global Fund has approved $285 million grant for Pakistan to support the country to fight against...

Call for combating AIDS, TB, and Malaria

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

ISLAMABAD: The federal secretary Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations has emphasised the need for a...

How climate change is making the world sick

Updated 03 Dec, 2023 08:30pm

DUBAI: Heat stress. Lung damage from wildfire smoke. The spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes into new regions as...

Climate change could upturn world malaria fight: WHO

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

GENEVA: Climate change is making the fight against malaria even harder, with the campaign already struggling to make...

Malaria jabs set for broader rollout in Africa

Published 23 Nov, 2023 03:19am

GENEVA: The United Nations heralded Wednesday the forthcoming scale-up of malaria vaccination across Africa after a...

Malaria outbreak hits Dadu

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am

DADU: Dadu, a district in Sindh, is facing a significant health crisis as a large number of malaria cases have been...

More African countries set to approve malaria shot; 20mn doses ready in 2023

Published 21 Apr, 2023 10:37am

LONDON: African countries are lining up to approve a new vaccine for malaria, with 20 million doses available for...

Malaria outbreak hits Costa Rica's east coast

Published 08 Apr, 2023 11:25pm

SAN JOSÉ: Costa Rica, a popular Central American tourist draw, is fighting an outbreak of malaria on its east ...

Feeble fight against malaria

Published 03 Apr, 2023 06:36am

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

Call for hepatitis-E vaccination drive in flood-hit areas

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am

LAHORE: Expressing concern over greater risk of water-borne diseases such as hepatitis-E, malaria, dengue, and...

‘Second disaster’

Updated 25 Sep, 2022 06:24am

EDITORIAL: It’s not at all surprising, even if it is monumentally tragic, that the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

Pakistan flood victims hit by disease outbreak amid stagnant water

Published 21 Sep, 2022 01:09pm

KARACHI: Skin infections, diarrhoea and malaria are rampant in parts of Pakistan's flood-ravaged regions, killing ...

‘Worsening situation’

Published 17 Sep, 2022 04:27am

EDITORIAL: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is right in warning that the situation in flood-hit areas is going to...

'Burning with pain': Pakistan floods threaten major health crisis

Published 31 Aug, 2022 01:23pm

SUKKUR: At a charity clinic in a southern Pakistani village, dozens of people affected by relentless rains and...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 17 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	37.27 ▲ 3.39 (10.01%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.72 ▲ 9.79 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.95 ▲ 2.54 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.61 ▼ -0.98 (-27.3%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.25 ▼ -16.69 (-10%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.81 ▼ -1.2 (-9.99%)
Nadeem Tex. / Jul 17 Nadeem Textile Mills Limited(NATM)	77 ▼ -8.16 (-9.58%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 17 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.54 ▼ -0.78 (-9.38%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	85,782,795 ▲ 0.17
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,049,582 ▼ -0.58
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,330,537 ▲ 2.9
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,918,262 ▼ -0.03
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,198,734 ▼ -0.26
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,536,542 ▼ -1.23
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,404,498 ▼ -0.3
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,314,007 ▼ -0.39
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,439,447 ▼ -0.13
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,367,016 ▲ 0.47

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