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Oil prices fell on Friday after China, the world’s top crude oil importer, widened its Covid-19 curbs, but were poised for a weekly gain on supply concerns ahead of Europe’s pending cut-off of Russian imports. Brent crude futures eased 78 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to $96.18 a barrel at 0350 GMT, after rising 1.3pc in the previous session. US …

The Federal government has agreed to raise the price of the Panadol extra tablet to Rs2.75 while the price for the plain Panadol tablet and Paracetamol has been reduced to Rs117.60.  A session on medicine, chaired by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, was held in Islamabad on Wednesday. The FM discussed the prices with officials of drug producers. The producer and …

KARACHI: Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) officials have busted a gang involved in selling fake mega and manual units of platelets to citizens in Karachi. The alleged ringleader of a fraudster gang along with his accomplice was arrested in Jinnah Hospital after being caught red-handed by the SBTA officials. The authorities also secured an audio recording of the fraudsters in …

President Joe Biden got an updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shot Tuesday and urged Americans to follow his example ahead of winter, saying no one need die anymore from the once devastating virus. Biden, 79, contracted the coronavirus three months ago with mild symptoms and already received a second booster for the vaccine at the end of March. His updated shot, …

Naegleria fowleri — a rare but deadly organism that can be killed by chlorine — has claimed another life in Karachi quoting Sindh Health Department report. According to details, 28-year-old man, a resident of DHA Phase IV and an engineer by profession, died at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). The hospital administration said that the victim was initially treated …

ISLAMABAD: While Pakistan has relaxed curbs related to Covid-19, Health Services Academy Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Shahzad Ali Khan on Tuesday said cases may surface again during winter as chances of the virus mutating increases during low temperature. The virus may affect people who have not been vaccinated, Dr Shahzad said, adding that this is the reason more and more …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services (NHS) Abdul Qadir Patel on Monday said polio eradication was the topmost priority of the government and acknowledged the services of polio workers who supported Pakistan through the most difficult times from Covid-19 vaccination to the flood relief efforts. He was speaking at an event held to mark the World Polio Day with the …

A policeman guarding a polio vaccination team in Pishin, Balochistan was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday, an official said. Pishin Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Yasir, told Dawn.com that the assailants attacked the vaccination team in the Trat area of Pishin, killing the policeman who was deployed to guard the vaccinators. Yasir said the polio team workers remained unhurt in the attack. …

SEOUL: South Korea’s government will expand its corporate bond-buying program among other liquidity supply measures amid growing worries about a credit crunch in bond and short-term money markets. The government will double the ceiling of its corporate bond-buying facility run by state-run banks to 16 trillion won ($11 billion), Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho said on Sunday. The …

KARACHI: Karachi continues to see a rise in the number of dengue cases as another 160 cases were reported in the city during the past 24 hours. According to Sindh Health Department, as many as 160 cases of dengue fever were reported in the metropolis in the past 24 hours, taking the monthly tally to over 3000. Among these cases, …