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Mpox alarm

EDITORIAL: A new public health concern has emerged since a Pakistani arriving at the Islamabad airport from Saudi...

Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am

Pakistan

GCDA holds seminar on monkeypox

LAHORE: The people need not to panic, as almost 90 to 99 per cent of the victims recover from monkeypox by ...

Published 01 May, 2023 03:28am

Editorials

Trouble in Sudan

EDITORIAL: Since the power struggle between two factions of Sudan’s military regime led by the country’s de ...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Editorials

Famished children

EDITORIAL: The level of acute malnutrition among children in this country is at a highly distressing level. An...

Published 29 Apr, 2023 06:04am

Pakistan

Govt issues monkeypox advisory

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations, Wednesday, following confirmation of monkeypox...

Published 27 Apr, 2023 06:24am

World

Covid deaths down 95 percent this year: WHO

GENEVA: The WHO said Wednesday that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 percent since the start of the year – but...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 09:30pm

World

‘Huge biological risk’ after Sudan fighters occupy lab: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Tuesday that fighters in conflict-ravaged Sudan had occupied the national...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

World

WHO says contaminated cough syrup made in India found in Western Pacific

Contaminated cough syrup made by an Indian company has been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, the World...

Published 25 Apr, 2023 05:05pm

Pakistan

Immunisation week gets underway in Punjab

LAHORE: Punjab is looking to achieve immunization targets, as the World Immunization Week 2023 is being marked in a...

Published 25 Apr, 2023 06:25am

Pakistan

World Immunisation Week: Experts for enhancing measles vaccination in Lahore, Rawalpindi

LAHORE: Health experts have recommended enhancing measles vaccination in Lahore and Rawalpindi as Punjab prepares to...

Published 21 Apr, 2023 05:56am

World

WHO, Red Cross seek aid access amid Sudan fighting

GENEVA: The Red Cross and the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged Sudan’s warring parties to guarantee...

Published 19 Apr, 2023 06:36am

World

WHO warns Covid pandemic still volatile

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned the Covid pandemic was still volatile, saying there could be...

Published 19 Apr, 2023 06:36am

World

Red Cross, WHO seek aid access amid Sudan fighting

GENEVA: The Red Cross and the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged Sudan’s warring parties to guarantee...

Published 18 Apr, 2023 05:51pm

Pakistan

Punjab’s ‘big catch-up’ exercise begins ahead of immunisation week

LAHORE: While preparations for “The World Immunisation Week” being marked from April 24 to 30 are underway, the...

Published 13 Apr, 2023 06:37am

World

China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu: WHO

BEIJING: A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the...

Published 12 Apr, 2023 10:45am

World

Malaria outbreak hits Costa Rica's east coast

SAN JOSÉ: Costa Rica, a popular Central American tourist draw, is fighting an outbreak of malaria on its east ...

Published 08 Apr, 2023 11:25pm

Pakistan

WHO to rehabilitate 150 primary healthcare centres

KARACHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) will rehabilitate 150 primary healthcare centers in 21 districts of...

Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

Hamdard Pakistan marks ‘World Health Day’

KARACHI: The most effective way of providing access to safe drinking water, adequate food, shelter, hygienic...

Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Editorials

Feeble fight against malaria

EDITORIAL: According to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) statement, so far 42 countries and territories...

Published 03 Apr, 2023 06:36am

World

WHO says medium-risk adults don’t need extra Covid jabs

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Tuesday it is no longer recommending additional Covid-19 vaccine booster...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am

Editorials

A little-noticed public health threat

EDITORIAL: The statistics about the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) are startlingly worrisome. According to the World...

Updated 29 Mar, 2023 07:11am

Pakistan

Collective efforts required to achieve ‘a TB-free Pakistan’: experts

LAHORE: With the theme of ‘Yes! We can end TB!’, “World Tuberculosis Day” was observed on Friday with a...

Published 25 Mar, 2023 06:25am

Editorials

Breathing poison

EDITORIAL: There are 195 countries and more than four million cities and towns in the world. And Lahore, the capital...

Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am

World

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries

NEW DELHI: Lahore jumped more than 10 places to become the city with the worst air in the world in 2022, according...

Updated 14 Mar, 2023 06:57pm

World

Finding COVID-19’s origins is a moral imperative: WHO’s Tedros

GENEVA: Discovering the origins of COVID-19 is a moral imperative and all hypotheses must be explored, the head of...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 04:27pm

Pakistan

Mental health requires integrated approach by stakeholders: Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that mental health is a major challenge and it requires an integrated...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Opinion

Road traffic accident deaths

Three years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that its data showed that road traffic accident deaths in...

Published 26 Feb, 2023 03:27am

World

WHO seeks $84.5 million for earthquake response in Turkey, Syria

The World Health Organization appealed on Friday for $ 84.5 million to respond to health needs after the earthquake...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 11:37pm

Opinion

Debt relief for developing countries

When the Covid pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) back in early 2020, a number of...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Anti-smoking activists hail FED hike on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: Anti-smoking activists and public health advocates on Thursday welcomed government’s initiative to ...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 16	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 16	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / May 16	155.81
USD to Swiss Franc / May 16	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 16	1.27
Euro to USD / May 16	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 16	5297.10
India Sensex / May 16	73663.72
Tokyo Nikkei / May 16	38697.69
Nasdaq / May 16	16698.32
Hang Seng / May 16	19535.72
FTSE 100 / May 16	8438.65
Dow Jones / May 16	39869.38
Germany DAX 30 / May 16	18738.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 16	79.42
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 16	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 16	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 16	2377.52
Cotton US¢/pound / May 16	76.26
Petrol/Litre / May 17	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 17 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 17 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 17 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 17 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 17 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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