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First Covid vaccine side-effect claims land in German courts

HAMBURG: Vaccine-maker BioNTech faced Monday its first legal claim in its home country of Germany over adverse...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:17pm

World

China approves first domestic mRNA vaccine for Covid-19

BEIJING: China has approved its first locally developed messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against Covid-19, its...

Published 22 Mar, 2023 01:26pm

World

EU ‘offer stands’ to send Covid jabs to China

BRUSSELS: The EU said Tuesday it is prepared to send Covid vaccines to China as it grapples with a surge in...

Published 03 Jan, 2023 06:37pm

World

Variant-adapted COVID vaccine wins first approval in Britain

LONDON: Britain has become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine that targets both the original and...

Published 15 Aug, 2022 05:14pm

World

EU buys 110,000 vaccine doses against monkeypox

BRUSSELS: The European Union said Tuesday it has purchased almost 110,000 vaccine doses to help tackle the monkeypox...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:09pm

World

Pfizer Covid vaccine for under-fives effective with three doses

WASHINGTON: The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine is safe and effective for children aged six months to under five years...

Published 23 May, 2022 05:49pm

Biden warns of potentially ‘consequential’ monkeypox spread

SEOUL: Monkeypox has caught the attention of US President Joe Biden, who said Sunday that people should be on guard...

Updated 23 May, 2022 09:53am

World

UK approves Valneva’s Covid-19 vaccine

LONDON: Britain has approved a new coronavirus vaccine by the Austrian-French drugmaker Valneva, the UK regulatory...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 12:12pm

Business & Finance

BioNTech profits soar in 2021 on global vaccine rollout

FRANKFURT: German vaccine-maker BioNTech on Wednesday reported a multi-billion-euro windfall in 2021 from sales of...

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:28pm

World

BioNTech to ship mobile Covid vaccine labs to Africa

MARBURG: Germany's BioNTech, which together with Pfizer developed the first mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus,...

Published 16 Feb, 2022 07:28pm

Business & Finance

Pfizer's COVID product sales to top $50bn this year, investors want more

Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it expects 2022 sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral pill to top $54 billion, but...

Updated 08 Feb, 2022 09:42pm

World

Romania daily COVID-19 cases at new record high

BUCHAREST: The number of new coronavirus infections in Romania reached a record high of 40,018 in the past 24 hours,...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 03:41pm

Pakistan

5th wave: Pakistan's positivity ratio, cases continue to stay high

Country detects 7,048 new cases at a positivity ratio of 11.53%
Active number of cases stands at over 104,000

Updated 31 Jan, 2022 11:21am

Tests of HIV vaccine using mRNA technology begin

WASHINGTON: Testing in humans of an HIV vaccine that uses messenger RNA technology has begun, the biotech firm...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:44am

Pakistan

5th wave: Pakistan reports another 6,540 Covid-19 cases

Records positivity level at 11.10% during last 24 hours

Published 22 Jan, 2022 11:32am

World

WHO urges manufacturers to provide COVID-19 vaccine data

GENEVA: A World Health Organization committee urged COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers on Tuesday to provide it with the...

Published 18 Jan, 2022 09:51pm

World

Omicron 'dangerous', especially for unvaccinated: WHO

GENEVA: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is dangerous -- and especially so for those who have not been vaccinated...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 09:48pm

World

Colombia reduces booster vaccine waiting time to four months

BOGOTA: Colombia will let people get their coronavirus booster vaccines four months after completing their initial...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 11:19am

World

India's COVID-19 cases multiply, vulnerable groups given vaccine boosters

NEW DELHI: India began administering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers and vulnerable elderly...

Published 10 Jan, 2022 10:32am

World

Sinopharm protein-based booster stronger against Omicron than earlier shot

BEIJING: A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinopharm, when given as a booster after two doses of an earlier...

Published 07 Jan, 2022 03:22pm

World

Israel begins fourth Covid jab for over 60s, health workers

TEL AVIV: Israel began Monday administering fourth Covid vaccine shots to people over 60 and health workers amid a...

Published 03 Jan, 2022 04:45pm

World

Chile to give fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose

SANTIAGO: Chile will offer its citizens a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose from February, starting with high-risk...

Updated 24 Dec, 2021 08:56pm

Vaccine and infection data mark small victories in Omicron battle

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON: Two vaccine makers said their shots protected against Omicron as UK data suggested it may cause...

Updated 24 Dec, 2021 10:26am

World

Turkey authorises use of own Turkovac vaccine

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced the emergency use approval of Turkey's first...

Updated 22 Dec, 2021 06:49pm

World

EU to get 20 million extra vaccine doses to fight Omicron

BRUSSELS: EU members will get an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the first three ...

Updated 19 Dec, 2021 09:09pm

World

Omicron scrambles anew US firms' in-person aspirations

NEW YORK: Major US companies are having to reassess their return-to-office plans and getting tough on vaccine or ...

Published 19 Dec, 2021 10:15am

World

Erdogan pledges 15 million Covid vaccine doses for Africa

ISTANBUL: Turkey will send 15 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on...

Published 18 Dec, 2021 04:27pm

World

EU agency to decide on Novavax Covid jab next week

THE HAGUE: The EU's drug regulator said on Thursday it would decide whether the Novavax coronavirus jab will become...

Published 16 Dec, 2021 05:08pm

World

Pfizer says study confirms positive results for anti-Covid pill

WASHINGTON: Pfizer said Tuesday that clinical trials confirmed its anti-Covid pill reduced hospitalizations and...

Updated 14 Dec, 2021 06:53pm

World

Russia admits WHO yet to approve Sputnik jab over lack of data

MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday admitted that its homegrown Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine had not yet been approved by the...

Updated 14 Dec, 2021 04:53pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 7	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 7	278.12
USD to Japanese Yen / May 7	155.24
USD to Swiss Franc / May 7	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 7	1.25
Euro to USD / May 7	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 7	5187.70
India Sensex / May 7	73511.85
Tokyo Nikkei / May 7	38342.76
Nasdaq / May 7	16332.56
Hang Seng / May 7	18549.73
FTSE 100 / May 7	8313.67
Dow Jones / May 7	38884.26
Germany DAX 30 / May 7	18430.05

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 7	78.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 7	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 7	205761
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 7	2316.80
Cotton US¢/pound / May 7	77.68
Petrol/Litre / May 8	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 8 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 8 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 8 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 8 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 8 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 8 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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