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Pharma industry: a case for smart tax reforms

Pakistan’s economy is at an inflection point. Amid shifting global dynamics and domestic fiscal pressures, the...

Updated 26 May, 2025 07:40am

Markets

PPMA refutes reports claiming medicine prices increased 15 times in just five years

The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has refuted recent reports which claimed that medicine...

Updated 01 Mar, 2025 05:16pm

Markets

Digital Clearance Gateway launched to ‘streamline pharma trade, compliance’

The Pakistan Single Window (PSW) and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has officially launched a...

Published 25 Feb, 2025 09:27pm

Markets

Pakistan pharma sector can generate $5bn through medicine exports, says FPCCI’s UBG

Pakistan pharma sector has potential to boost medicine exports to $5 billion over the next few years, the United...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 11:26pm

Business & Finance

Arab Health in Dubai: where companies looked for the ‘wow effect’ for Pakistan’s pharma industry

DUBAI: Dubai’s Arab Health medical expo could be the medicine to the Pakistani pharmaceutical and surgical...

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:06am

Business & Finance

Non-essential medicines: Deregulation helps boost pharma industry

KARACHI: The deregulation of non-essential medicines in early 2024 has brought significant positive changes to...

Updated 27 Dec, 2024 12:15pm

Markets

Citi Pharma intends to construct 200-bed hospital, medical university in Lahore

Citi Pharma Limited (CPHL), a Pakistani pharmaceutical company, will construct a healthcare facility, featuring a...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 03:57pm

Pakistan

Medicines: Non-availability, black-marketing cause surge in mental diseases

ISLAMABAD: While expressing serious concerns over increase in mental diseases in the country, leading pharma ...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am

Business & Finance

LHC’s decision to help boost Pakistan’s pharma sector: brokerage house

The Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to nullify the stayorder against the deregulation of Maximum Retail Prices...

Updated 04 Apr, 2024 07:40pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s listed pharma sector sees earnings go down 42% YoY in 2023

Decline attributed to decrease in gross margin, higher finance cost, says brokerage house

Updated 29 Mar, 2024 04:16pm

Business & Finance

Pharma industry told to ensure barcodes printing on packaging

ISLAMABAD: The Policy Board of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in a bid to curb the manufacturing,...

Published 22 Mar, 2024 04:57am

Business & Finance

Minister asks Pharma industry to focus on exports

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker Federal Minister for National Health Services and Regulations, Dr Nadeem Jan on Friday ...

Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am

Business & Finance

Healthcare Expo: Minister seeks govt’s role in promoting pharma industry

LAHORE: The caretaker Punjab Health Minister Prof Dr Javed Akram has expressed optimism that the newly elected...

Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am

Pakistan

Pharma Park construction: Health minister says all initiatives handed over to SIFC to cut red tape

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations in a bid to avert bureaucratic hurdles in the...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am

Business & Finance

Pharma sector has potential to fetch foreign exchange for country thru exports: PPMA

LAHORE: The Pakistan pharmaceutical industry has the potential to fetch precious foreign exchange through exports of...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am

Business & Finance

‘Urgent steps needed to eliminate losses of govt institutions’

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Business & Finance

Local pharma industry urged to establish own brands

KARACHI: Business leaders mainly from pharmaceutical industry have urged the local pharmaceutical industry to...

Published 13 Aug, 2023 02:55am

Editorials

Pharma exports potential

EDITORIAL: Commerce Minister Syed Naveed Qamar’s vision of raising pharmaceutical exports to $1 billion by 2025 ...

Published 16 Jul, 2023 06:16am

Country aims $1bn pharma exports by 2025, says Qamar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar said Wednesday that Pakistan’s objective is to increase...

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 09:35am

22pc interest rate inimical to business activities: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday acknowledged that with a 22 percent rate of interest, no business...

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 10:33am

Business & Finance

Drug price adjustment: Pharma industry seeks support of govt

ISLAMABAD: Pharma industry has sought the support of the government for addressing their issues related to price...

Published 15 Mar, 2023 07:05am

Opinion

Steel, pharma sectors hit harder

The issue of letters of credit (LCs) has strongly affected the two sectors in particular: construction (read steel)...

Published 12 Feb, 2023 03:56am

Business & Finance

Raw materials, PKR, inflation: pharma industry urges govt to help resolve issues

LAHORE: In the wake of increase in the prices of raw material, devaluation of Pakistani rupee and unprecedented...

Published 11 Feb, 2023 07:36am

Editorials

Imminent ‘catastrophe’

EDITORIAL: The government is trying to keep a straight face, but it seems pretty helpless as around 40 ...

Published 11 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Business & Finance

Medicine makers call for price hike

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has asked the government to immediately...

Published 08 Feb, 2023 06:10am

Business & Finance

Pharma industry unilaterally decides to increase prices

ISLAMABAD: The local pharmaceutical industry on Monday expressed serious concerns over the imposition of ‘Super...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:07am

Pakistan

Turkish companies keen to assist in health sector

LAHORE: Turkish companies have shown interest to support Pakistan in development of raw material in pharma industry...

Published 08 Oct, 2022 03:25am

Business & Finance

Availability of essential drugs: DRAP given one week to take emergency measures to help pharma industry survive

Karachi: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has given a one-week deadline to the DRAP ...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am

Pakistan

Pfizer ranked as leading company in Asia for Covid-19 response

SINGAPORE: Pfizer has been ranked first in its Covid-19 response, patient centricity, patient safety and bringing...

Published 26 Aug, 2022 05:35am

Business & Finance

Pharma industry urges fairer vaccine access in future

GENEVA: The pharmaceutical industry on Tuesday proposed a system to allow for more equitable access to vaccines and...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 20	283.77
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 20	283.52
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 20	146.09
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 20	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 20	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 20	5,967.84
India Sensex / Jun 20	82,408.17
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 20	38,403.23
Nasdaq / Jun 20	19,447.41
Hang Seng / Jun 20	23,530.48
FTSE 100 / Jun 20	8,774.65
Dow Jones / Jun 20	42,206.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 20	23,350.55
France CAC40 / Jun 20	7,589.66

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 20	74.93
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 20	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 20	306,069
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 20	3,368.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 20	66.70
Petrol/Litre / Jun 23	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 23	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Jun 20 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	356 ▲ 40.99 (13.01%)
Faisal Sp. / Jun 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	313.91 ▲ 33.82 (12.07%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 20 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	33.53 ▲ 3.42 (11.36%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jun 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.90 ▲ 1 (11.24%)
Crescent Fib. / Jun 20 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	50.25 ▲ 5 (11.05%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 20 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	25.43 ▲ 2.33 (10.09%)
Shams Textile / Jun 20 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	31.52 ▲ 2.87 (10.02%)
Rupali polyester / Jun 20 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	24.61 ▲ 2.24 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jun 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	39 ▲ 3.55 (10.01%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Jun 20 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	621.82 ▲ 56.53 (10%)

Stock	Price
Mahanna Islamic Index / Jun 20 Mahanna Islamic Index Traded Fund(MIIETF)	12.92 ▼ -2.14 (-14.21%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jun 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	61.07 ▼ -7.82 (-11.35%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 20 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	41 ▼ -4.9 (-10.68%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 20 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.28 ▼ -5.59 (-10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 20 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	11,153.83 ▼ -1239.27 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 20 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	173.06 ▼ -19.23 (-10%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 20 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	56.21 ▼ -6.24 (-9.99%)
Int. Knit. / Jun 20 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	20.18 ▼ -2.23 (-9.95%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.49 ▼ -0.27 (-9.78%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jun 20 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	40.61 ▼ -4.39 (-9.76%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	42,791,268 ▼ -0.04
TRG Pak Ltd / Jun 20 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	26,664,589 ▼ -4.92
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 20 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	25,526,681 ▼ -0.26
Yousuf Weaving / Jun 20 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,497,580 ▲ 0.29
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,445,689 ▲ 0.08
Sui South Gas / Jun 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	13,554,568 ▼ -0.06
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	9,805,036 ▼ -0.27
Dewan Cement / Jun 20 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	9,257,161 ▼ -0.86
Invest Bank / Jun 20 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	8,867,595 ▼ -0.26
Pak Refinery / Jun 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	8,518,206 ▲ 0.01

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