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Pakistan condemns British Home Secretary's 'discriminatory, xenophobic' remarks

Suella Braverman said 'British-Pakistani men see women in a demeaned, illegitimate way'

Updated 05 Apr, 2023 07:39pm

World

UK, Greece in 'secret talks' on Parthenon Marbles: report

ATHENS: The British Museum and the Greek prime minister are in the “advanced stage” of “secret talks” over the...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 05:49pm

World

UK retail sales in surprise rebound

LONDON: British retail sales surprisingly rose overall in July but consumer confidence is at a record-low level as...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 07:30pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation hits double digits, highest since 1982

LONDON: British consumer price inflation jumped to 10.1% in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual...

Published 17 Aug, 2022 11:40am

Business & Finance

UK two-year gilt sell-off drives yields to highest since April 2020

LONDON: British two-year gilt yields jumped to their highest since April 2020 on Friday and 10-year yields also rose...

Published 09 Aug, 2021 05:05am

British ‘Treasure Island’ tax havens face a tempest

LONDON: Britain's exotic network of "Treasure Island" tax havens could be facing the biggest threat to its existence...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

World

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

The urgency stems from more than mere fairness: wherever the virus continues to circulate it could give rise to more contagious or more deadly variants that could wipe out any progress toward immunity.

Updated 17 May, 2021 05:25pm

World

Queen re-emerges to outline UK govt's new agenda

Those promises centre on a "levelling up" agenda to bring economic opportunity to left-behind parts of the country, as Johnson exploits his vaccine-boosted popularity to make further inroads into opposition Labour party strongholds.

Published 11 May, 2021 10:47am

World

France rejects British fishing demands as Brexit row deepens

8 On Friday, Britain authorised 41 ships equipped with Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) technology -- which allows ships to be located -- to fish in waters off the island of Jersey, which is a self-governing British Crown Dependency.

Published 04 May, 2021 10:30am

Business & Finance

UK house prices record biggest monthly jump since 2004

House prices in April were 7.1% higher than a year earlier, up from a 5.7% annual rise in March and above expectations in a Reuters poll for price growth to slow to 5.0%.

Published 30 Apr, 2021 11:23am

World

French fishermen prepare to block UK trucks in Brexit protest

The UK had insisted it wanted to take back control of its waters while EU coastal states sought guarantees that their fleets could keep fishing in British waters.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 10:49am

Business & Finance

EasyJet sees more flying from late May

For the six months ended in March, a period when flying has been severely curtailed by the pandemic.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 11:27am

Business & Finance

Uber grants UK drivers worker status in world first

From Wednesday, "more than 70,000 drivers in the UK will be treated as workers, earning at least the national living wage when driving with Uber.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 10:50am

Business & Finance

Rolls-Royce plunges to worse than expected $5.6bn loss

That improvement depends on airlines flying 55% of 2019 levels during 2021. Rolls-Royce said its assumption is for travel to gradually improve this year, accelerating in the second-half as vaccine programmes progress.

Published 11 Mar, 2021 12:36pm

World

Brexit clouds life in Spanish sun for British second home owners

But since Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, sending sterling down against the euro, demand has slackened.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 11:29am

World

U.S., E3 foreign ministers expected to discuss Iran soon

The German and French foreign ministries, as well as the British embassy in Washington, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 11:24pm

World

UK's Hancock says confident South African variant can be contained

"I'm confident that it can be," he told LBC radio on Wednesday, when asked about whether the variant could be contained.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 02:33pm

Business & Finance

BP plunges into $20.3bn annual loss on virus fallout

The loss contrasted sharply with net profit of $4.0 billion in 2019, the British energy major said, adding that the oil sector had been "hit hard" by the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 02:52pm

World

British virus variant now in 50 countries: WHO

The WHO said the new variants showed the importance of increasing diagnostic capacity and systematic sequencing of the virus.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 05:07pm

Business & Finance

Britain's Kingfisher lifts profit view as DIY booms in pandemic

The pandemic has also boosted shopping online. Kingfisher highlighted e-commerce sales growth of over 150% in the quarter.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 02:42pm

Business & Finance

Singapore and Malaysia scrap high speed railway after delays

He had estimated the railway would cost Malaysia around 110 billion ringgit ($27 billion) in 2018.

Published 01 Jan, 2021 11:26am

World

Russia bars more British citizens from entry over Navalny sanctions

In a statement announcing the move, the Russian foreign ministry did not name the individuals it has barred.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 02:39pm

World

British PM Johnson to speak to EU chief as Brexit talks stall

If the two sides fail to reach a deal, the five-year Brexit divorce will end messily just as Britain and Europe grapple with the vast economic cost of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Published 05 Dec, 2020 03:51pm

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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