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Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited (EPCL) has started production activities at its plant, revealed a notification from EPCL to PSX dated today i.e. March 16th, 2020. To recall, an isolated incident of gas leak occurred at the EPCL, Port Qasim on March 6 2020. As a precautionary measure, specific areas of the plant had been taken offline.

Three coronavirus patients in Pakistan have been discharged from hospitals after recovery and no fatalities in the country are reported so far. The recovered patients belong to Sindh. The Ministry of National Health Services has on Saturday prepared a report over coronavirus cases in Pakistan stating that total 609 suspects were tested for the virus on Friday and 78 more samples have been sent to the laboratories. 28 patients in Pakistan have been tested positive for coronavirus so far. The sufferers include 16 from Sindh, six from Balochistan and three apiece from Islamabad and Gilgit. All patients are stable as per the report.

Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) has been awarded “Best Corporate Excellence Award” in the fertilizer sector category for the 6th consecutive year as adjudged by Management Association of Pakistan (MAP). Company Secretary FFC, Brig Ashfaq Ahmed (r), SI (M) received the award from Asad Umar, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, during the 35th Corporate Excellence Award ceremony held at Karachi. The award is as an acknowledgement of exemplary management standards upheld by FFC in the industry and reaffirms commitment of FFC to its global aspiration as a leading national entrepreneur.