Covid-19: Amazon planning to build its own testing lab for staff
Retail giant Amazon says it will build its own coronavirus testing lab to monitor the health of its staff.
Cases of Covid-19 have...
AugmentCare raises $1m in seed funding to expand digital healthcare services
LAHORE: In another remarkable milestone for a Pakistani based tech startup, AugmentCare (AC) a complete healthcare app has been successful in raising...
Cabinet ratifies medical aid for blue-eyed official of Petroleum Division
ISLAMABAD: A blue-eyed Director to Minister for Petroleum Division Asim Qadir Haye has availed medical charges amounting to above Rs 2 crore...
After Covid slump, Shifa International continues on its path of expansion
A tale of perseverance and dedication to grow
ECNEC clears Diamer Bhasha dam, poverty alleviation projects
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) under the chair of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi approved various energy,...
Insurance companies fight for the government’s UHI contract
The launch of the Pakistan Tehreek i Insaaf’s (PTI) flagship universal health insurance (UHI) scheme in Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Kashmir, Islamabad,...
Punjab government mute over averting serious drinking water issues
LAHORE: Over 11.21 million households in Punjab are facing direct health risks following the 4,662 completely dysfunctional drinking water supply schemes that...
Giving it a go
I shall either find a way or make one, Hannibal Barca once said. This may best define the approach that led two...
Exporters laud lifting of ban on export of surgical, N-95 masks
FAISALABAD: Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA) North Zone Chairman Mian Naeem Ahmed on Thursday appreciated the federal government’s decision of...
GSK contemplating splitting up the group: Report
Some investors have long called for the group’s break-up, arguing that it would crystallize value for component businesses and that there are limited synergies between consumer and pharma.
Pakistan Army owns $20 billion stakes in fifty conglomerates claims Indian media report
LAHORE: The Pakistan army exercises control over fifty conglomerates said to be worth $20 billion stretching from banks, industrial plants, universities, milk dairies,...
Construction of Pakistan’s largest Shaukat Khanum Hospital commences in Karachi
The hospital, which will be completed with an estimated cost of Rs6.2bn, is planned to become operational by Dec 2021
The year 2019...
Bima raises $96.6 million from Allianz X to expand micro-insurance services
LAHORE: Bima, a seller of microinsurance services which includes Pakistan among its fourteen markets has raised $96.6 million in strategic investment from...
Covid-19: PPE worth $0.5m distributed among frontline workers
Health ministry distributes nine metric tonnes of Personal Protective Equipment made available by ADB and UNICEF
PM Khan launches Sehat Sahulat Programme in KP
PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday launched healthcare coverage for all residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) under the Sehat Sahulat Programme.
Under...