Osman Khalid Waheed has been president/CEO of Ferozsons Laboratories since 1999. Under him, the company has expanded its portfolio of medical solutions for critical diseases by forging alliances with a number of leading international partners, including the US’s Boston Scientific, Argentina’s Bagó Group and Gilead Sciences. His partnership with Gilead has helped him bring its treatment for Hepatit
Continuous ban on the provision of new gas connections is not only irking the consumers but also increasing the backlog of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL). The situation may worsen as there is no hope of lifting the ban by the government keeping in view the depleting indigenous gas reserves, increasing dependency on the import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other technical and a
President Dr Arif Alvi has directed Habib Bank Limited (HBL) to pay Rs249,525 to a cook whose money was fraudulently withdrawn online from his account by swindlers. The president directed all the banks to regularly caution their customers and clients about banking scams, including banking frauds involving online fund transfers, and improve communications with their clients. He said innocent
Financial advisers of the National Power Parks Management Company Limited (NPPMCL) — which owns and operates two LNG-fired plants with a combined capacity of around 2,500 megawatts — have asked the government to immediately finalise gas-sale and power-purchase agreements, debt recapitalisation and payment mechanism if it wanted an early sale of the two units to Qatar. The government is trying t
Oil prices tumbled more than $4 on Wednesday, slumping below levels seen prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as downbeat Chinese trade data fed investor worries about recession risks. Brent crude futures were down $4.12, or 4.4%, at $88.71 a barrel by 1543 GMT, touching their lowest since February 3 and falling below $90 a barrel for the first since February 8. US West Texas Intermediate crud