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Prices of medicines

Sharp surge in prices of various medicines

Published 27 Aug, 2025 06:13am

ISLAMABAD: The prices of a broad spectrum of medicines have surged sharply in recent months, threatening to put...

LHC suspends notification of fixing drug prices

Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday suspended a notification of fixing drug prices. Earlier, the petitioner...

Hike in prices of 146 essential drugs notified

Updated 22 Feb, 2024 09:15am

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Wednesday notified an increase in prices of 146 essential drugs in line with...

An unrestrained public health hazard

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am

EDITORIAL: For the last several decades, manufacturing and marketing of fake/substandard drugs have gone on in this...

Hike in 146 drug prices allowed

Updated 02 Feb, 2024 11:45am

Caretaker federal cabinet approves signing of an MoU between the Competition Commission of Pakistan and the State Administration of Market Regulation China

Regulate quality of medicines, not prices, top Pharma Bureau official advises govt

Published 22 Nov, 2023 08:25pm

Executive Director Pharma Bureau Ayesha Tammy Haque has advised the government to do away with price regulation,...

16pc-60pc hike in prices of various drugs witnessed

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

ISLAMABAD: The prices of various medicines have witnessed an increase of 16 percent to 60 percent in the market,...

Hike in medicines’ prices criticised: PDP assails pharma industry for charging MRP from consumers

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor has said that yet another hike in the price of already...

Drug price challenge

Published 15 Apr, 2023 06:19am

EDITORIAL: It seems that the government has still not learned that rejecting any increase in prices of medicines to...

Early closure of markets announced

Updated 04 Jan, 2023 09:40am

Markets to close by 8.30pm, wedding halls by 10pm; Punjab rejects plan, KPK is ambivalent
Prices of 20 essential medicines decreased

Hike in prices of 10 medicines: Cabinet rejects health ministry’s summary

Updated 14 Sep, 2022 09:27am

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet Tuesday rejected the summary of the Ministry of National Health Services, ...

Cabinet quashes health ministry’s summary on price hike of 10 medicines

Published 13 Sep, 2022 05:39pm

Approves funds amounting to Rs540 million for Utility Stores Corporation to provide essential commodities in flood-hit areas

Prices of medicines on the rise: BR survey

Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am

ISLAMABAD: Drug manufacturers have increased the prices of various medicines including life-saving drugs, revealed a...

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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 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
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
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	77,672.21
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 20 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	246.36 ▲ 22.4 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jul 20 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	28.60 ▲ 2.6 (10%)

Stock	Price
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	135.26 ▼ -15.03 (-10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	244.99 ▼ -27.22 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Pak Synthetics / Jul 20 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	139.61 ▼ -15.17 (-9.8%)
Nadeem Tex. / Jul 20 Nadeem Textile Mills Limited(NATM)	77 ▼ -8.16 (-9.58%)
East West Ins. / Jul 20 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	44.25 ▼ -4.29 (-8.84%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	50 ▼ -4.75 (-8.68%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	92,985,830 ▲ 0.4
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	40,672,098 ▲ 3.21
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	19,604,177 ▲ 0.17
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	19,539,090 ▼ -0.16
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	10,982,726 ▼ -0.01
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	10,916,601 ▼ -0.32
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	8,890,629 ▲ 0.5
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	8,741,665 ▼ -0.02
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	8,456,863 ▲ 0.08
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	7,872,327 ▼ -0.41