Punjab Food Authority declares 61 ghee, cooking oil brands ‘unhealthy’
PFA has declared 61 ghee and cooking oil brands unhealthy for usage and has further seized 47,233 litres of ghee and cooking oil
PSQCA issues notice to beauty cream manufacturers over health concerns
Faiza Beauty Cream causes skin cancer, other diseases
Al-Tahur set to enter final stage of IPO with a strike price of Rs21
The book building process for Al-Tahur ended on, Tuesday, June 26, with the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the dairy company entering its final phase where it will offer stocks to the general public at a price of Rs21 per share.
Surgical goods, medical instruments worth $348.579mn exported in 11M FY17-18
Surgical goods and medical instruments worth $348.579 million were exported during 11 months of the last financial year ended on June 30, 2018
OBS Pakistan to acquire Globe Textile Mills Ltd
OBS Pakistan (Private) Limited, a pharmaceutical company, through the newspaper advertisement, has shown its interest to acquire 14,891,829 ordinary shares of Globe Textile Mills Limited.
Pakistan diluted proposed tobacco health warnings after Philip Morris, BAT lobbying
Instead of 85 percent, the new rule, which comes into effect on June 1, requires warnings that cover 50 percent of the pack - up from 40 percent now - rising to 60 percent in a year’s time
Int’l publications skeptical over Pakistan’s ‘mysterious’ Covid-19 recovery
International publications have expressed skepticism regarding a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases in the country despite a lax following of coronavirus Standard...
Covid-19 to increase urgency of healthcare sector reforms In Pakistan: Fitch Solutions
Private expenditure on healthcare accounted for 70.2% of total health spending in 2019, having risen in relation to the previous year
Punjab’s oxygen crisis
In the midst of a worsening pandemic, government tenders are being given to inexperienced, blue-eyed firms
How Sehat Kahani is fighting Covid-19 through telemedicine in Pakistan
The Covid-19 pandemic took the world by surprise. It not only made a gigantic dent within the healthcare facilities globally, but also...
Health and Fitness in the metaverse
After years of catering to women in Pakistan, AimFit has taken its fitness movement global
Healthcare: the (hitherto) ignored priority
If one had to reduce the state of an entire nation’s healthcare to a single number, it would be average life expectancy,...
Food exports surge 29.28pc to over $4.797 billion
Wheat exports went up from $1.038 million to $236.339 million, showing growth of 22668 per cent
Govt bans advertisement of medical products without prior approval
New rules prohibit pharma firms, healthcare providers and media from advertising medicines, medical devices, and alternative remedies without approval from regulatory board
CCP approves 100% acquisition of EFU Health by EFU Life
Hundred percent shareholding from EFU Services transferred to EFU Life