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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 / Jun 3	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 3	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 4	159.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 4	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 4	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 4	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 3	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 3	7,553.68
Nasdaq / Jun 3	26,853.97
Dow Jones / Jun 3	50,687.07
India Sensex / Jun 4	74,289.24
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 4	67,399.25
Hang Seng / Jun 4	25,221.79
FTSE 100 / Jun 4	10,349.70
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 4	24,899.30
France CAC40 / Jun 4	8,185.81

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 3	401,030
Petrol/Litre / Jun 4	381.78
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 4	95.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 4	4,475.32
Diesel/Litre / Jun 4	380.78
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 4	80.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jun 4 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8.40 ▲ 0.97 (13.06%)
Ruby Textile / Jun 4 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	18.67 ▲ 1.7 (10.02%)
Ansari Sug. / Jun 4 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 4 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	90.73 ▲ 8.25 (10%)
Pak Qatar Gen.Takaful / Jun 4 Pak Qatar General Takaful Limited(PQGTL)	15.18 ▲ 1.38 (10%)
Pak Synthetics / Jun 4 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	127.36 ▲ 11.58 (10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jun 4 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	75.22 ▲ 6.84 (10%)
Zuma Resources / Jun 4 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	72.62 ▲ 6.6 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Jun 4 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,707.26 ▲ 155.21 (10%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 4 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	27.95 ▲ 2.54 (10%)

Stock	Price
Shams Textile / Jun 4 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	38.51 ▼ -3.1 (-7.45%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jun 4 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	79 ▼ -6.11 (-7.18%)
IGI Life Ins / Jun 4 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	19.70 ▼ -1.42 (-6.72%)
Crescent Fib. / Jun 4 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	56.10 ▼ -3.89 (-6.48%)
Crescent Cotton / Jun 4 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	37.05 ▼ -2.55 (-6.44%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jun 4 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	28 ▼ -1.78 (-5.98%)
Saritow Spinning / Jun 4 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	23.71 ▼ -1.27 (-5.08%)
Blessed Tex. / Jun 4 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	1,125 ▼ -59.3 (-5.01%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 4 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	47.42 ▼ -2.46 (-4.93%)
Masood Textile / Jun 4 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	75.50 ▼ -3.29 (-4.18%)

Stock	Volume
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 4 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	84,896,255 ▲ 0.31
P.T.C.L. / Jun 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,633,033 ▲ 1.42
Pak Qatar Family / Jun 4 Pak Qatar Family Takaful Limited(PAKQATAR)	14,075,930 ▲ 2.31
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 4 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	13,548,162 ▼ -0.16
Wasl Mobility Mod. / Jun 4 Wasl Mobility Modaraba(WASL)	13,483,762 ▲ 0.35
B.O.Punjab / Jun 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,835,276 ▲ 0.29
TPL Properties / Jun 4 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	11,949,128 ▲ 0.39
Dewan Cement / Jun 4 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	11,560,231 ▼ -0.08
Telecard Limited / Jun 4 Telecard Limited(TELE)	10,515,531 ▲ 0.33
Cnergyico PK / Jun 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	9,377,461 ▲ 0.03