--- title: "Over 100 life-saving medicines unavailable in Pakistan" description: "Most outlets reported the shortage of more than 100 life-saving drugs, emphasizing the unavailability and its impact on patients needing treatment for conditions like cancer, hypertension, and diabetes. Business Recorder and ProPakistani both highlighted the shortage in their headlines, with Business Recorder adding the location (Karachi) and briefly listing affected conditions, while ProPakistani used similar phrasing but included a \"Read More\" prompt." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/11061-pakistan-faces-shortage-of-over-100-life-saving-medicines site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Over 100 life-saving medicines unavailable in Pakistan pakistan · updated 28 Sep 2026, 12:42 PM PKT · 28 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the shortage of more than 100 life-saving drugs, emphasizing the unavailability and its impact on patients needing treatment for conditions like cancer, hypertension, and diabetes. Business Recorder and ProPakistani both highlighted the shortage in their headlines, with Business Recorder adding the location (Karachi) and briefly listing affected conditions, while ProPakistani used similar phrasing but included a "Read More" prompt. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ProPakistani** — [Over 100 Life-Saving Medicines Face Shortage in Pakistan](https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/28/over-100-life-saving-medicines-face-shortage-in-pakistan/) · 28 Sep 2026, 12:42 PM PKT > More than 100 life-saving medicines are currently unavailable in Pakistan, making it difficult for patients to access essential treatment for… Read More - **Business Recorder** — [Pharma markets face shortage of over 100 life-saving drugs](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40441490/pharma-markets-face-shortage-of-over-100-life-saving-drugs) · 28 Sep 2026, 4:20 AM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing > KARACHI: More than 100 life-saving medicines are currently unavailable in Pakistan, making it difficult for patients to access essential treatment for conditions including cancer, hypertension, and diabetes, according to drug manufacturers and suppliers. They say medicines have been going out of production one by one over the past two years, as rising costs have exceeded their prices in retail ... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Government approves prices for 52 new essential medicines](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4616-govt-approves-prices-for-52-advanced-life-saving-medicines) · 25 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 75% related - [Insulin shortage reported in Pakistan after German manufacturer halts supplies](https://harzaviya.com/stories/16032-insulin-shortage-hits-pakistan-after-german-manufa) · 24 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 74% related - [Study finds Pakistani doctors prescribe more than twice WHO-recommended medicines](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8373-pakistanis-prescribed-twice-the-recommended-medici) · 14 Sep 2026 · 4 outlets · 72% related - [Government Seeks Approval To Fix Prices Of 52 Life-Saving Medicines](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3120-prices-of-52-essential-medicines-await-federal-cabinet) · 13 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 71% related 3 articles from 2 outlets, 28 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.