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China President Xi Jinping

As Trump return looms, Xi calls for more free trade in Asia

LIMA: With Donald Trump’s imminent return to the US presidency looming over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

World

Zhuhai car attack: China clears memorial as government scrambles to respond

ZHUHAI: Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai removed wreaths, candles and even bottles of Chinese...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 11:01am

World

Japan PM Ishiba, China President Xi to meet in Peru on Friday, Kyodo says

TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is making arrangements to meet China’s President Xi Jinping on the...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 10:44am

Pakistan

Naqvi highlights China’s development as model for world

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with Chinese Consul General Zhao Shiren to extend congratulations on...

Published 30 Sep, 2024 07:06am

Negotiations with IMF: PM acknowledges China’s critical role

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...

Updated 20 Sep, 2024 09:37am

Business & Finance

China, South Africa agree to seek balanced trade, more investments

BEIJING: China and South Africa, whose top leaders met in Beijing, agreed to promote balanced trade and discussed...

Published 04 Sep, 2024 08:04am

Business & Finance

China to pitch green tech exports to African leaders

BEIJING/NAIROBI: China will urge a summit of 50 African nations in Beijing this week to take more of its goods,...

Published 02 Sep, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

Militant attacks delay launch of China-backed airport

ISLAMABAD: The start of operations at a Chinese-funded airport in Balochistan province has been pushed back for a...

Updated 31 Aug, 2024 09:07am

World

China and Vietnam’s top leaders meet in Beijing

BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping held talks on Monday with Vietnam’s new leader To Lam in Beijing on his first...

Published 19 Aug, 2024 10:41am

Business & Finance

China issues plan to boost household consumption

BEIJING: China has issued a set of directives aimed at boosting household consumption, a weakness weighing on growth...

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 08:01am

World

China flash floods kill at least 20

BEIJING: Flash floods in northern and southwest China have killed at least 20 people and left dozens missing, state...

Published 22 Jul, 2024 05:39am

World

Putin, Xi vie for influence at Central Asian summit

ASTANA (Kazakhstan): The leaders of Russia and China were in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a regional summit, seeking...

Published 04 Jul, 2024 07:57am

Pakistan

PM will undertake visit to China from 4th: FO

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will undertake a five-day official visit to China from 4-8 June 2024 to ...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

World

Xi tells Dutch PM ‘no force can stop’ China tech progress

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that China’s technological...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am

China ready to boost Pakistan ties but urges security guarantee: Xi

BEIJING: China is willing to strengthen co-operation and promote solidarity with Pakistan but has urged it to...

Updated 21 Oct, 2023 04:52pm

Pakistan

PM Kakar to attend Belt and Road Initiative forum in China next week

The premier will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping

Published 12 Oct, 2023 05:50pm

World

China raises emergency response level for floods in northeast

SHANGHAI: Authorities in northeastern China raised their emergency response level on Sunday as tributaries of the...

Published 06 Aug, 2023 11:03am

World

China’s Ukraine peace talks gambit shows shifts amid hard realities

BEIJING: China’s decision to join international talks in Saudi Arabia this weekend seeking to end Russia’s war in...

Published 06 Aug, 2023 10:48am

World

‘Not found’: China’s ex-foreign minister is gone but wait for explanation goes on

BEIJING: Hours after China’s top legislature convened a special meeting last week to remove foreign minister Qin...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 10:23am

‘New model’ to characterize 2nd CPEC phase

PM praises role of President Xi

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 10:03am

World

China’s Xi to attend, deliver speech at SCO summit via video link

BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping will attend and deliver a speech at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation...

Published 30 Jun, 2023 11:39am

Editorials

US-China relations

EDITORIAL: It’s strange that US President Joe Biden chose to call his Chinese counterpart a “dictator” at a...

Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am

World

China says must advance relations with Russia as world becomes more turbulent

BEIJING: China must advance its relations with Russia as the world becomes more turbulent, Foreign Minister Qin Gang...

Published 07 Mar, 2023 10:54am

World

President Xi vows to boost China’s manufacturing

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping vowed to boost the country’s manufacturing capacity and not rely on overseas markets,...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 05:42pm

World

China increases military spending in face of ‘escalating’ threats

BEIJING: China said Sunday its military spending would rise at the fastest pace in four years, warning of...

Published 05 Mar, 2023 12:08pm

World

China’s Xi to secure third term as president, brush off crises

BEIJING: Xi Jinping will secure a third term as China’s president at a rubber-stamp parliament that starts this...

Published 03 Mar, 2023 11:20am

World

China’s annual parliament to implement Xi’s tightening grip

BEIJING: China’s annual parliament opens on Sunday and will implement the biggest government reshuffle in a decade...

Published 01 Mar, 2023 11:26am

World

Macron to visit China after Beijing’s Ukraine peace plan

KYIV: French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday he would visit China in April, and urged Beijing to pressure...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 07:30am

Pakistan

Xi condemns mosque attack

BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping strongly condemned an attack at a mosque in neighbouring Pakistan, state...

Published 02 Feb, 2023 06:12am

Markets

China ready to resume oil and gas talks with the Philippines, says Xi

BEIJING/MANILA: China is ready to resume oil and gas talks and manage maritime issues “cordially” with the...

Published 05 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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