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USD440m pharma deals signed: PM assures China of protecting citizens, investment

Published 18 Jul, 2026 06:38am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sought to reassure Beijing on Friday that Islamabad would take all possible...

Pharmaceutical, Healthcare B2B investment conference begins from 17th

Published 16 Jul, 2026 05:00am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is all set to host a two-day Pharmaceutical and Healthcare business-to-business (B2B)investment...

TDAP hosts first ‘Pharma Stakeholders Dialogue’

Published 16 Nov, 2025 03:15am

KARACHI: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) hosted the first Pharma Stakeholders Dialogue at its...

‘Exodus’ of MNCs

Updated 11 Oct, 2025 07:59am

Pakistan is witnessing a silent but alarming corporate exodus. Global giants that once symbolised investor ...

India’s Sun Pharma reports higher adjusted quarterly profit on strong domestic demand

Published 31 Jul, 2025 06:22pm

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, India’s largest drugmaker by revenue, reported a higher adjusted profit on Thursday,...

Pharmaceutical exports: some prescriptions

Published 30 Jul, 2025 03:16am

“The global pharmaceutical market is in a state of flux due to major restructuring, both in terms of the demand ...

Highnoon Labs partners with Bangladesh’s Beximco to target high-burden diseases in Pakistan

Published 29 Jul, 2025 02:08pm

Highnoon Laboratories Limited (HINOON), a Pakistani pharmaceutical company, has announced a strategic partnership...

Prescription for growth

Published 29 Jul, 2025 06:04am

EDITORIAL: It turns out a little deregulation goes a long way — at least in Pakistan’s pharmaceutical sector. ...

CCP grants six exemptions to pharma sector

Published 05 Jun, 2025 03:24pm

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has granted six exemptions to undertakings in the pharmaceutical sector...

Commerce minister says committed to boosting pharma exports

Updated 05 Jun, 2025 07:30am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan reaffirmed his commitment to boosting pharmaceutical ...

Local pharma industry: Govt urged to create conducive environment

Published 05 Jun, 2025 06:39am

ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has urged the government to create...

SAAKH Pharmaceutical to invest Rs1bn in new plant

Published 05 Jun, 2025 06:08am

KARACHI: In a pharmaceutical innovation, SAAKH Group has announced an investment of over PKR 1 billion to develop...

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

Published 21 Feb, 2025 11:26pm

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

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

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:06am

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

Pakistan’s Citi Pharma to set up API plants in Indonesia

Published 03 Dec, 2024 02:27pm

Citi Pharma Limited (CPHL), a Pakistani pharmaceutical company, has entered into a strategic partnership with Mersi...

Archaic pharma regulations

Published 30 Nov, 2024 06:26am

EDITORIAL: Recent years have seen Pakistan’s pharmaceutical sector struggle to stay afloat as it grapples with...

Export boost: Pharma sector urges govt to lend a helping hand

Updated 13 Nov, 2024 09:25am

KARACHI: As Pakistan’s pharmaceutical sector aims to leverage its potential for increased exports, industry experts...

Pakistan’s pharma sector warns 2pc Cess in KP threatens exports to Afghanistan

Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

KARACHI: The recent imposition of 2% cess on exports by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government is raising alarm...

7th Pakistan Pharma Summit: event aims to highlight innovations, collaborative growth in pharmaceutical sector

Published 23 Sep, 2024 06:45am

KARACHI: As Pakistan’s pharmaceutical industry looks to evolve amidst local and global challenges, the 7th ...

The Searle Company Limited

Published 12 Jun, 2024 07:04am

The Searle Company Limited (PSX: SEARL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1965 and was...

Boosting Pakistan’s pharmaceutical exports: learning from India’s success

Updated 22 Apr, 2024 08:23pm

KARACHI: Recent research has highlighted the massive gap between Pakistan’s potential to export and the value it...

Target set to enhance pharmaceutical exports to $1bn in FY24: DRAP

Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am

KARACHI: The government, along with all stakeholders of the sector, has set a target to enhance pharmaceutical...

Highnoon Laboratories Limited

Published 23 Aug, 2023 08:33am

Highnoon Laboratories Limited (PSX: HINOON) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1984 and...

22pc interest rate inimical to business activities: PM

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 10:33am

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

Govt agencies allowed to import pharma raw material

Updated 26 Jun, 2023 09:16am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided to amend the Import Policy Order...

Imminent ‘catastrophe’

Published 11 Feb, 2023 05:57am

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

‘Export emergency’ should be declared: ministry

Published 28 Jan, 2023 06:20am

ISLAMABAD: Export-led growth is the cure for our economic woes. Ministry of Planning and Development will recommend...

Scarcity of medicines

Published 28 Jan, 2023 06:20am

The issue of letters of credit (LCs) has enormously added to both price hike and inflationary pressures. It has also...

Drug registration: DRAP all set to digitize its systems by year-end

Published 28 Jan, 2023 06:20am

KARACHI: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) is all set to digitize its entire systems by the end of ...

Drug manufacturers seek urgent steps for raw material import

Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am

KARACHI: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has earnestly appealed to the government to...

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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 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
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%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (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%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
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%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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