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WHO clears COVID vaccine by China's CanSino Biologics for emergency use

The World Health Organization on Thursday issued an emergency use listing for the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine from...

Updated 19 May, 2022 06:58pm

Pakistan

Bilawal participates in 2nd Global Covid-19 Summit

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday participated in the 2nd Global Covid-19 Summit...

Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am

Editorials

Covid’s grim toll

EDITORIAL: A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which claims that the actual number of deaths from...

Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am

World

Covid deaths in Europe pass two million mark: WHO

COPENHAGEN: The number of people who have died from Covid-19 in Europe, the long-time epicentre of the pandemic, has...

Published 12 May, 2022 05:37pm

Markets

China stocks end higher as easing COVID cases lift risk appetite

SHANGHAI: China stocks closed higher on Wednesday as investors took comfort in signs of lower domestic COVID-19...

Published 12 May, 2022 05:40am

World

WHO chief says China’s zero-Covid policy not ‘sustainable’

LONDON: The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday China’s zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not...

Published 11 May, 2022 04:58am

World

WHO chief says China’s zero-COVID policy not ‘sustainable’

LONDON: The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday China’s zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not...

Published 10 May, 2022 11:13pm

World

WHO gathers evidence for possible war crimes investigation against Russia

KYIV: The World Health Organization (WHO) is gathering evidence for a possible war crimes investigation into attacks...

Published 07 May, 2022 11:22pm

World

Covid pandemic killed 13 to 17 million in 2020-21: WHO

GENEVA: The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated Thursday – up...

Published 05 May, 2022 07:04pm

World

Third Ebola case confirmed in northwest Congo, WHO says

DAKAR: Health authorities have confirmed a third Ebola case in the city of Mbandaka in northwest Democratic Republic...

Published 05 May, 2022 01:14pm

World

Two Omicron sub-variants driving S. Africa Covid spike: WHO

GENEVA: Two new Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in reported Covid cases in South Africa, the World...

Published 04 May, 2022 11:00pm

World

India releases 2020 death data ahead of WHO COVID mortality study it objects

NEW DELHI: India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous year, government data released...

Published 04 May, 2022 03:34pm

Pakistan

‘World Immunization Week’ in Khyber district begins today

PESHAWAR: Like elsewhere in the World, Immunization week from April 24 to April 30, 2022 will be celebrated in ...

Published 24 Apr, 2022 05:36am

World

WHO ‘strongly recommends’ Pfizer’s Covid pill

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Friday it “strongly recommended” Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill...

Published 22 Apr, 2022 09:31am

World

India slams WHO over report claiming 4m Covid deaths

NEW DELHI: India has sharply criticised a forthcoming World Health Organization study which reportedly claims...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 06:04am

World

India slams WHO over report claiming 4 million Covid deaths

NEW DELHI: India has sharply criticised a forthcoming World Health Organization study which reportedly claims...

Published 18 Apr, 2022 02:37pm

World

Poorer nations shun AstraZeneca COVID vaccine: document

BRUSSELS: Poorer nations have refused tens of millions of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the global programme...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 03:08pm

Pakistan

Pollution, rising temperatures creating new diseases: Prof Zafar

LAHORE: Post Graduate Medical Institute & Lahore General Hospital Principal Prof. Dr Sardar Muhammad Al-Farid...

Published 10 Apr, 2022 05:49am

World

WHO calls for access to Mariupol

LVIV: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for humanitarian access to Ukraine’s besieged city of...

Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:54pm

World

Nearly entire global population breathing polluted air: WHO

GENEVA: A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health...

Published 04 Apr, 2022 05:40pm

World

WHO warns of virulent Covid variant risk

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday laid out three possible paths that the Covid-19 pandemic might...

Published 30 Mar, 2022 10:19pm

Pakistan

‘One out of every 20 people is at risk for colon cancer’

LAHORE: Sub-standard and adulterated food items, poultry foods, smoking, alcohol and avoiding exercise and obesity...

Published 27 Mar, 2022 05:40am

Pakistan

Martin Dow Group & RIHIS host conference on ‘Patient Safety 2022’

KARACHI: The 5th International Conference on Patient Safety (ICPS) on the “Implementation Research in Healthcare...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am

World

Several European countries lifted Covid measures too ‘brutally’: WHO

CHISINAU: Several European countries, including Germany, France, Italy and Britain, lifted their Covid curbs too...

Published 23 Mar, 2022 04:58am

World

Several European countries lifted Covid measures too ‘brutally’: WHO

CHISINAU: Several European countries, including Germany, France, Italy and Britain, lifted their Covid curbs too...

Published 22 Mar, 2022 06:17pm

World

No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021

SHANGHAI: Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a...

Published 22 Mar, 2022 12:19pm

World

WHO sounds alarm on TB fight funds

GENEVA: The world is spending nowhere near enough to revive the fight against tuberculosis after the Covid-19 crisis...

Published 21 Mar, 2022 08:27pm

World

COVID-19 pandemic is ‘far from over’: WHO official

GENEVA: A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Friday that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was a long way...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:48pm

World

WHO alarmed by attacks on Ukraine health system

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Wednesday that healthcare facilities and personnel globally were being...

Published 16 Mar, 2022 09:42pm

PASSD seeks Cabinet nod for ‘Ehsaas Tahafuz’

ISLAMABAD: The Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division (PASSD) has sought cabinet approval for Catastrophic...

Updated 13 Mar, 2022 09:07am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	270.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	79.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	640.88 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.15 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / May 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	86.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	270.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	79.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	640.88 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.15 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / May 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	86.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 19	199.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 19	198.80
USD to Japanese Yen / May 19	128.45
USD to Swiss Franc / May 19	0.99
Pound Sterling to USD / May 19	1.23
Euro to USD / May 19	1.05
UK LIBOR % / May 19	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 19	3923.68
India Sensex / May 19	54208.53
Tokyo Nikkei / May 19	26205.29
Nasdaq / May 19	11418.16
Hang Seng / May 19	20041.14
FTSE 100 / May 19	7438.09
Dow Jones / May 19	31490.07
Germany DAX 30 / May 19	14007.76
France CAC40 / May 19	6352.94

Item	Value
Crude Oil / May 19	110.10
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / May 19	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams / May 19	113300.00
Gold Spot / May 19	1815.89
Cotton / May 19	128.99

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