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The iTFA challenge

The World Health Organisation has set a consumption limit for industrial Trans Fatty Acids (iTFA) at less than one...

Updated 10 Apr, 2024 03:02am

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Deadly strikes hit Gaza as Israel mulls truce talks position

Gaza health ministry says at least 31,645 people killed in the territory during more than five months of war

Updated 17 Mar, 2024 09:02pm

Supplements

Dr. Tanzeem Fatima (Pharm-D) Dow University of Health Sciences, (DUHS) Former Pharmacy Incharge, Hussain Lakhani Hospital

Pharmacist are the bridge between us and our physicians, providing with critical insights about the medicines that ...

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

World

WHO team calls Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital a 'bloodbath'

GENEVA: The emergency department at the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, devastated by Israeli bombardments, is ...

Updated 17 Dec, 2023 08:08pm

World

US, UN urge civilian protections, but Israel intensifies southern Gaza offensive

GAZA: Israeli forces pressed ahead with their air and ground bombardment of southern Gaza Strip, killing and...

Published 05 Dec, 2023 11:34am

World

COVID wave past its peak in many parts of China

BEIJING: Many parts of China are already past their peak of COVID-19 infections, state media reported on Tuesday,...

Published 10 Jan, 2023 09:23am

World

China urges vaccines for vulnerable as ‘zero-COVID’ exit turns messy

BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of...

Published 15 Dec, 2022 11:16am

World

India probing cough syrup linked to Gambia child deaths

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

Published 07 Oct, 2022 11:53am

Pakistan

WHO warns of ‘second disaster’ in Pakistan as fear of death, disease grows

Health workers in the country stretched to the limit, WHO official says

Updated 18 Sep, 2022 05:19pm

Mideast sandstorms snarl traffic, close schools, harm health

RIYADH: Sandstorms across the Middle East have delayed flights, closed schools and hospitalised thousands — a...

Published 18 May, 2022 05:54am

Editorials

A major public health threat

EDITORIAL: It is worrying enough that Pakistan remains one of the two countries where poliovirus is still prevalent,...

Published 16 Mar, 2022 05:40am

World

Europe could be headed for pandemic 'endgame': WHO

COPENHAGEN: The Omicron variant has moved the Covid-19 pandemic into a new phase and could bring it to an end in...

Published 23 Jan, 2022 10:11pm

Markets

Gold set for biggest weekly fall since late-November

Gold steadied on Friday, ahead of US jobs data due later in the day, although the metal was set for its biggest...

Published 07 Jan, 2022 10:52am

World

'Extreme' vaccine discrimination risks leaving Africa behind

LONDON: Africa has little chance of overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic unless 70% of its population is vaccinated by...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 11:20am

World

Australia Omicron variant spreads, testing reopening plans

MELBOURNE: The Omicron coronavirus variant spread in Australia on Saturday, testing plans to reopen the economy as a...

Published 04 Dec, 2021 10:24am

World

Malaysia detects first Omicron case in quarantined traveler from South Africa

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a foreign student who was...

Published 03 Dec, 2021 10:16am

World

Omicron poses ‘very high’ global risk, countries must prepare: WHO

GENEVA: The Omicron variant is likely to spread internationally, posing a "very high" global risk where COVID-19...

Published 29 Nov, 2021 12:54pm

World

Thermo Fisher says its COVID-19 tests accurately detects Omicron variant

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc said on Monday its COVID-19 diagnostic tests can accurately detect the new coronavirus...

Published 29 Nov, 2021 11:28am

World

WHO cautions against imposing travel restrictions due to new variant

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday cautioned countries against hastily imposing travel...

Updated 26 Nov, 2021 04:16pm

World

Ignoring WHO call, major nations stick to vaccine booster plans

PARIS/BERLIN: Germany, France and Israel will go ahead with plans to administer COVID-19 vaccine boosters,...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am

World

Russia expects WHO to approve Sputnik V vaccine within 2 months

WHO has been provided with all basic existing information on the vaccine

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:29pm

Pakistan

Sindh reports four cases of Indian Covid-19 variant

KARACHI: Four confirmed cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India have been reported in Sindh,...

Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:59am

World

Russia agrees to supply UNICEF with Sputnik V doses for 110m people

Procurement and delivery of the vaccine is subject to Sputnik V receiving an emergency use listing from the World Health Organisation, a decision which the RDIF said is expected soon.

Published 28 May, 2021 12:30am

World

At least 115,000 health workers have died from Covid-19: WHO chief

“For almost 18 months, health and care workers all over the world have stood in the breach between life and death,” he said.
“They have saved countless lives and fought for others who, despite their best efforts, slipped away. "

Published 24 May, 2021 04:25pm

World

‘Coronavirus free’ Turkmenistan reopens

ASHGABAT: A raft of restrictions on travel and businesses imposed by Turkmenistan’s authoritarian government...

Updated 02 Apr, 2021 09:06am

Pakistan

COVAX programme: WHO chief assures Pakistan of vaccine supply

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief has assured Pakistan of supplying Covid-19 vaccine under the...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

Pakistan

Pakistan to get 10mn free coronavirus vaccines from COVAX by June

Pakistan, Nigeria and Indonesia will be among the biggest recipients of free coronavirus vaccines before June.
The COVAX scheme confirmed Pakistan to get 14,640,000 doses.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 10:46am

World

Moldova denies it has approved Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 shot

Sorina Stefirta told journalists that the Sputnik V vaccine would only be approved in Moldova after it had been registered by the World Health Organisation.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund and former Moldovan president Igor Dodon earlier said the shot had been approved.

Published 26 Feb, 2021 08:21pm

Pakistan

Pakistan to receive 17.2 million COVID-19 doses through COVAX

The distribution list includes doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, licensed to the Serum Institute of India, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine.
The distribution aims to cover an average of 3.3% of total population of 145 countries by mid-2021.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 11:44am

World

WHO team probing COVID-19 visits Wuhan lab, meets 'Bat Woman'

A team of investigators led by the World Health Organization visited a virus research laboratory in China’s central city of Wuhan and met with a prominent virologist there in its search for clues to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The experts spent about 3-1/2 hours at the heavily-guarded Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has been at the centre of some conspiracy theories that claim a laboratory leak caused the city’s first coronavirus outbreak at the end of 2019.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 07:34pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	153.05
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.25
Euro to USD / May 3	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 3	5127.79
India Sensex / May 3	73878.15
Tokyo Nikkei / May 3	38236.07
Nasdaq / May 3	16156.33
Hang Seng / May 3	18475.92
FTSE 100 / May 3	8213.49
Dow Jones / May 3	38675.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 3	18001.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	78.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 3	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 3	205418
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2301.74
Cotton US¢/pound / May 3	78.06
Petrol/Litre / May 5	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 5 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 5 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 5 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 5 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 5 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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