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Fire tragedy: New PIMS ED vows to take steps to prevent recurrence of such incidents

Published 31 Aug, 2026 05:26am

ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed Executive Director of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Dr Muhammad...

Hepatitis screening of govt employees begins today

Published 18 Aug, 2026 05:07am

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to conduct hepatitis screening of government employees working in Islamabad....

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...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.84
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.33
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,480.29
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,753.72
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,606
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,199.19
France CAC40 / Sep 30	7,964.51

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	90.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 30	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 30	378,631
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,154.77
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	78.52
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.54
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	402.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Oct 1 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	13.46 ▲ 1.22 (9.97%)
First IBL Mod. / Oct 1 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	16.20 ▲ 1.36 (9.16%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	123.99 ▲ 10.03 (8.8%)
Dewan Automotive Eng. / Oct 1 Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited(DWAE)	22.99 ▲ 1.78 (8.39%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	125 ▼ -39.01 (-23.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
Mughal Energy / Oct 1 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	37 ▼ -4 (-9.76%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 1 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	29.55 ▼ -2.94 (-9.05%)
Imperial Limited / Oct 1 Imperial Limited(IML)	22.55 ▼ -2.14 (-8.67%)
Rupali polyester / Oct 1 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	26.70 ▼ -2.37 (-8.15%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 1 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	33.20 ▼ -2.65 (-7.39%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	45.90 ▼ -3.02 (-6.17%)
Karam Ceramics / Oct 1 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	161.30 ▼ -10.15 (-5.92%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	47.71 ▼ -2.86 (-5.66%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	65,020,209 ▲ 0.36
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,408,586 ▼ -2.9
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	16,678,944 ▲ 0.12
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15,010,431 ▲ 1.43
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	12,269,713 ▲ 0.12
Yousuf Weaving / Oct 1 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	9,669,344 ▲ 0.11
Oilboy Energy / Oct 1 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	9,321,349 ▲ 0.53
Aisha Steel Mills / Oct 1 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	6,658,459 ▲ 0.57
Media Times Ltd / Oct 1 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	6,535,094 ▲ 0.06
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	6,123,669 ▲ 0.09

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