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Swift work on local vaccine production project decided

Published 24 Jul, 2026 06:35am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations has decided to accelerate work on the local...

Two more polio cases detected in KP: PPEP

Published 02 May, 2026 06:16am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme (PPEP) on Friday announced the detection of two additional...

Pakistan reports 2026’s first polio case in Sindh’s Sujawal district

Published 05 Mar, 2026 12:05pm

Case was reported through the polio surveillance network

Pakistan advances collaboration with global partners to establish local vaccine-manufacturing plant

Published 28 Feb, 2026 04:56am

KARACHI: Pakistan has stepped up its collaboration with global partners, including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, to...

DRAP urged to follow full process before declaring medicines substandard

Published 25 Feb, 2026 04:49am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s pharmaceutical industry has urged the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) to avoid...

Vaccines: ministry says import bill may soar to USD1.2bn by 2031

Updated 04 Feb, 2026 08:15am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for National Health Services and Regulations has warned that the country’s import cost of...

WHO chief reaffirms full support to achieve polio-free Pakistan

Published 16 Jan, 2026 02:00pm

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has reaffirmed the organisation’s...

PPEP confirms wild poliovirus case in North Waziristan

Updated 14 Jan, 2026 08:31am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme (PPEP) has confirmed the detection of a wild poliovirus case in...

New case of polio virus detected in KP

Published 22 Oct, 2025 06:02am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has confirmed one new case of polio virus detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, bringing...

After new polio case detects in Sindh, nationwide count rises to 27

Published 22 Sep, 2025 04:32pm

18 polio reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, seven from Sindh this year

President Zardari signs National Institute of Health (Reorganisation) Amendment Bill into law

Published 07 Sep, 2025 03:44pm

National Assembly had passed the bill on August 12, says President Secretariat

Another polio case pushes Pakistan’s 2025 tally to 24

Updated 01 Sep, 2025 04:19pm

Pakistan confirmed on Monday another polio case, taking the total number of polio cases in the country in 2025 to...

NIH confirms detection of third polio case of 2025

Updated 23 Feb, 2025 09:15am

ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has...

69th poliovirus positive case of year 2024 reported

Published 09 Jan, 2025 06:19am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Wednesday, reported 69th poliovirus positive case of year 2024 as a 13 months old girl was...

Two more poliovirus cases confirmed, tally soars to 67

Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am

ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory (RFL) for polio eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH),...

'National Action Plan for Health Security' discussed

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

LAHORE: A delegation along with the CEO National Institute of Health met Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman...

Fleeting calm: here comes the smog

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

The recent release of the Air Quality Life Index report has led to a persistent misunderstanding that environmental...

Misuse of antibiotic ignites fears of untreatable infections

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

KARACHI: Pakistan is facing a pressing concern regarding the excessive use of antibiotics, which may lead to the...

Acute Watery Diarrhoea: NIH’s CDC issues advisory for prevention, control

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory for...

Polio virus: Samples of Peshawar, Dera Bugti test positive

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

ISLAMABAD: The environmental samples collected from Peshawar city and District Dera Bugti from Balochistan have...

NIH confirms one death from Covid-19 in Punjab

Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday confirmed that one death was reported in Punjab from...

NIH confirms one death from Covid-19 in Sindh

Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Sunday confirmed that one death was reported in Sindh from...

Resurgence of Covid-19

Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am

EDITORIAL: Health officials said on Thursday that 129 cases of coronavirus infections were reported in the previous...

77 new Covid-19 cases reported within 24 hours: NIH

Published 13 Mar, 2023 06:15am

ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Sunday said that 77 new coronavirus cases were reported during the last 24 hours...

18 new Covid-19 cases reported

Published 09 Jan, 2023 07:50am

ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Sunday said that 18 new coronavirus cases were reported during the last 24 hours...

No case of Covid’s BF.7 variant found yet: NIH

Published 04 Jan, 2023 06:02am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services has denounced the rumours regarding the spread of Omicron’s...

Pakistan ‘fully’ prepared to tackle any Covid-19 variant?

Updated 27 Dec, 2022 09:41am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is “fully” prepared to tackle and control any variant of Covid-19, as the federal and provincial...

Typhoid fever: NIH bars diagnostic labs from conducting uncertified tests

Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has barred diagnostic laboratories countrywide from conducting...

Water availability in winter season: NEOC directs depts to make necessary arrangements

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

ISLAMABAD: The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) has directed all the relevant federal and provincial...

27 Covid cases reported

Published 27 Nov, 2022 05:58am

LAHORE: Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel corona virus as the number of confirmed ...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Aug 4	277.96
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Aug 4	277.76
USD to Japanese Yen / Aug 4	157.69
USD to Swiss Franc / Aug 4	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Aug 4	1.34
Euro to USD / Aug 4	1.15
SOFR % / Aug 4	3.66

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Aug 3	7,600.50
Nasdaq / Aug 3	25,913.90
Dow Jones / Aug 3	53,178.41
India Sensex / Aug 4	78,658.43
Tokyo Nikkei / Aug 4	63,762.03
Hang Seng / Aug 4	25,826.60
FTSE 100 / Aug 4	10,898.07
Germany DAX 30 / Aug 4	26,252.88
France CAC40 / Aug 4	8,643.35

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Aug 4	81.16
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Aug 4	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Aug 4	366,886
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Aug 4	4,060.14
Cotton US¢/pound / Aug 4	82.01
Petrol/Litre / Aug 5	328.56
Diesel/Litre / Aug 5	385.86

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Mills / Aug 4 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	10.31 ▲ 1 (10.74%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Aug 4 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	21.87 ▲ 1.99 (10.01%)
Trust Mod. / Aug 4 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	23.95 ▲ 2.18 (10.01%)
Tri-Star Power / Aug 4 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	16.82 ▲ 1.53 (10.01%)
786 Invest Ltd / Aug 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	25.97 ▲ 2.36 (10%)
Asim Textile / Aug 4 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	46.44 ▲ 4.22 (10%)
Cresent Jute / Aug 4 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	26.29 ▲ 2.39 (10%)
East West Ins. / Aug 4 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	55.02 ▲ 5 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Aug 4 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Masood Textile / Aug 4 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	153.67 ▲ 13.97 (10%)

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Aug 4 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	16.52 ▼ -1.84 (-10.02%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Aug 4 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	31.55 ▼ -3.51 (-10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Aug 4 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	120.32 ▼ -13.37 (-10%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Aug 4 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	189.86 ▼ -21.09 (-10%)
Mehmood Tex / Aug 4 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	169.98 ▼ -18.89 (-10%)
TPL Insurance / Aug 4 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.81 ▼ -6.71 (-9.38%)
Asia Ins. / Aug 4 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	40.94 ▼ -3.79 (-8.47%)
Tariq Corporation / Aug 4 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	21.30 ▼ -1.93 (-8.31%)
JS Investments / Aug 4 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	43.07 ▼ -3.63 (-7.77%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Aug 4 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	185.36 ▼ -14.64 (-7.32%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Aug 4 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	89,708,629 ▼ -0.34
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Aug 4 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	86,054,121 ▲ 0.08
TPL Properties / Aug 4 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	67,239,170 ▲ 0.23
Sui South Gas / Aug 4 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	34,618,297 ▲ 0.81
Cnergyico PK / Aug 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,068,716 ▼ -0.09
Wasl Mobility Mod. / Aug 4 Wasl Mobility Modaraba(WASL)	25,984,861 ▼ -0.36
Pak Refinery / Aug 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,848,982 ▼ -0.72
Hascol Petrol / Aug 4 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	17,709,924 ▲ 0.35
Aisha Steel Mill / Aug 4 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	17,663,056 ▲ 0.02
TPL REIT Fund I / Aug 4 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	16,449,687 ▼ -0.34

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