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Race to find port for cruise ship battling deadly rodent virus

Published 06 May, 2026 05:58am

PRAIA (Cape Verde): Health authorities raced Tuesday to find a port for a cruise ship battling a hantavirus...

Israel says WHO ‘selective silence’ deafening after hospital hit in Iranian strike

Published 19 Jun, 2025 11:20pm

GENEVA: Israel accused the World Health Organization of a deafening “selective silence” after a hospital in southern...

WHO says 80% of Afghanistan operations risk shutdown by June

Published 17 Mar, 2025 05:16pm

KABUL: The World Health Organization said Monday 80 percent of services that it supports in Afghanistan could shut...

WHO seeks $1.5bn for urgent health aid in 2024

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

GENEVA: The UN health agency on Monday said it needed $1.5 billion in 2024 for life-saving aid to tens of millions ...

Gaza’s devastated Al-Shifa hospital reestablishes some services: WHO

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:08pm

GENEVA: Gaza’s largest hospital, which has been hard-hit by Israel’s war against Hamas, has partially reestablish...

No functional hospitals left in northern Gaza: WHO

Updated 22 Dec, 2023 06:34am

GENEVA: There are no longer any functional hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization...

Climate change could upturn world malaria fight: WHO

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

GENEVA: Climate change is making the fight against malaria even harder, with the campaign already struggling to make...

Situation in Gaza ‘spiralling out of control’: WHO chief

Published 18 Oct, 2023 01:04pm

GENEVA: The situation in the Gaza Strip is spiralling out of control, the head of the UN health agency warned on...

WHO holds first traditional medicine summit

Published 17 Aug, 2023 11:04am

NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization holds its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with warnings...

India probing cough syrup linked to Gambia child deaths

Published 07 Oct, 2022 11:53am

NEW DELHI: Indian authorities are investigating cough syrups made by a local pharmaceutical company after the World...

Over 779 monkeypox outbreak cases: WHO

Published 06 Jun, 2022 07:53am

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Sunday that 780 laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases had been reported to...

WHO chief seeks central role for UN agency in global health

Published 23 May, 2022 02:58pm

GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the UN health agency must be “at the centre”...

Omicron risk remains very high: WHO

Published 26 Jan, 2022 10:29am

GENEVA: The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the WHO said late Tuesday, with the numbers...

Tedros in one-man race to remain at WHO helm

Published 25 Jan, 2022 10:48am

GENEVA: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, one of the most recognisable figures of the global battle against Covid-19, will...

Covid disruptions caused surge in malaria deaths: WHO

Published 07 Dec, 2021 06:29am

GENEVA: Pandemic-related disruptions caused tens of thousands more malaria deaths in 2020, the World Health...

Omicron is in 38 countries, no deaths reported: WHO

Published 04 Dec, 2021 04:23am

GENEVA: Omicron has been detected in 38 countries but there are no reported deaths so far from the new Covid-19...

WHO warns Covid variant Omicron risk ‘very high’

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 06:09am

GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned Monday the new Covid-19 Omicron variant poses a “very high” risk...

Afghanistan faces raging measles outbreak: WHO

Published 13 Nov, 2021 04:08am

GENEVA: A raging measles outbreak has sickened thousands and killed nearly 100 in crisis-ravaged Afghanistan this...

WHO urges vaccine against bacteria killing 150,000 babies each year

Published 03 Nov, 2021 09:41am

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for the urgent development of a vaccine against a ...

WHO opens air bridge to Afghanistan with medical supplies

Published 30 Aug, 2021 06:07pm

GENEVA: A plane carrying World Health Organization medicines and health supplies landed in Afghanistan on Monday, ...

US rebuffs WHO call for moratorium on Covid booster shots

Published 05 Aug, 2021 04:34am

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday rejected an appeal from the UN health agency for a moratorium on Covid-19...

WHO wants moratorium on Covid vaccine booster shots

Published 05 Aug, 2021 04:34am

GENEVA: The WHO on Wednesday called for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of...

WHO approves China’s Sinovac Covid jab

Published 02 Jun, 2021 04:29am

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the...

Covid origins search ‘being poisoned by politics’: WHO

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned Friday that efforts to uncover the Covid-19 pandemic’s origins were...

Swiss to host global virus hub laboratory

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

GENEVA: Switzerland signed a deal with the World Health Organization on Monday to host a global repository for...

WHO approves China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine

Published 08 May, 2021 12:58am

This afternoon, WHO gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Beijing's Covid-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality.

Growing global vaccine gap ‘grotesque’: WHO

The fighting in Tigray has left thousands dead, according to the International Crisis Group think tank, and sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming across the border into Sudan.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 19	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 22	161.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 22	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 22	1.32
Euro to USD / Jun 22	1.15
SOFR % / Jun 19	3.69

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 18	7,500.58
Nasdaq / Jun 18	26,517.93
Dow Jones / Jun 18	51,564.70
FTSE 100 / Jun 19	10,363.27
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 19	24,985.82
France CAC40 / Jun 19	8,421.14
India Sensex / Jun 22	77,261.32
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 22	72,604.55
Hang Seng / Jun 22	23,552.35

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 19	19,280
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 19	374,205
Petrol/Litre / Jun 22	299.50
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 22	75.35
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 22	4,185.91
Diesel/Litre / Jun 22	311.47
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 22	79.91

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Ghani Chemworld Limited (R) / Jun 22 Ghani Chemworld Limited Right(GCWLR)	6.01 ▲ 1 (19.96%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 22 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	22.50 ▲ 2.05 (10.02%)
TPL Insurance / Jun 22 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	24.72 ▲ 2.25 (10.01%)
Berger Paints / Jun 22 Berger Paints Pakistan Limited(BERG)	133.07 ▲ 12.1 (10%)
Buxly Paints / Jun 22 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	208.04 ▲ 18.91 (10%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Jun 22 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	33.67 ▲ 3.06 (10%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 22 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	175.86 ▲ 15.99 (10%)
S.G.Power / Jun 22 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	66.90 ▲ 6.08 (10%)
Int. Knit. / Jun 22 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	125.30 ▲ 11.34 (9.95%)
ARM Green Industries / Jun 22 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	51.50 ▲ 4.5 (9.57%)

Stock	Price
Millat Tractors / Jun 22 Millat Tractors Limited(MTL)	311.99 ▼ -295.27 (-48.62%)
National Silk / Jun 22 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	205 ▼ -19.34 (-8.62%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 22 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	28.28 ▼ -2.11 (-6.94%)
Blessed Tex. / Jun 22 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	1,085 ▼ -65 (-5.65%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jun 22 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	10.50 ▼ -0.62 (-5.58%)
S.S.Oil / Jun 22 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	495 ▼ -29.21 (-5.57%)
Bhanero Textile / Jun 22 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	850 ▼ -47.54 (-5.3%)
Quetta Textile / Jun 22 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	15 ▼ -0.77 (-4.88%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Jun 22 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	376.03 ▼ -18.21 (-4.62%)
Idrees Tex. / Jun 22 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	43.11 ▼ -1.94 (-4.31%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 22 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	21,309,747 ▲ 1.1
TPL Properties / Jun 22 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	16,830,816 ▲ 0.76
Sui South Gas / Jun 22 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	15,772,415 ▲ 0.97
Loads Limited / Jun 22 Loads Limited(LOADS)	10,499,136 ▲ 0.94
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jun 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	8,129,955 ▼ -0.59
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 22 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	7,236,725 ▲ 0.06
Sui North Gas / Jun 22 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	4,464,599 ▲ 5.46
Avanceon Ltd / Jun 22 Avanceon Limited(AVN)	4,314,200 ▲ 0.76
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	4,300,487 ▲ 0.18
Service Long March / Jun 22 Service Long March Tyres Limited(SLM)	3,130,479 ▼ -0.03

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