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Boris Johnson’s shock exit reverberates through British ruling party

LONDON: Old rifts resurfaced in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party on Saturday following former prime minister...

Published 10 Jun, 2023 03:14pm

World

UK, Japan to sign major defence deal allowing troop deployments

LONDON: The British and Japanese prime ministers will sign a “hugely significant” new defence deal allowing UK...

Published 11 Jan, 2023 11:48am

World

Rishi Sunak appointed crisis-hit UK's first prime minister of colour

LONDON: Rishi Sunak on Tuesday became Britain’s third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to...

Updated 25 Oct, 2022 07:44pm

World

UK PM Johnson survives Tory MPs’ no-confidence vote

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday survived a vote of no confidence from his own Conservative...

Published 07 Jun, 2022 12:19pm

World

How to replace a Conservative leader

LONDON: Members of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party have triggered a vote of confidence in...

Published 06 Jun, 2022 02:24pm

World

UK PM to address nation, readies sanctions after Russian invasion of Ukraine

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a televised statement about Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Thursday...

Published 24 Feb, 2022 05:33pm

World

British PM Johnson is 'taking charge' after lockdown party row, minister says

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is taking charge of his Downing Street team by making changes after a...

Published 04 Feb, 2022 01:41pm

Opinion

A change of style? UK’s Johnson fights for political survival

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to shake up operations in his 10 Downing Street office to try to...

Published 04 Feb, 2022 04:43am

World

UK's Johnson bids to reset premiership with 'levelling up' pledge

LONDON: Boris Johnson will set out a plan to "level up" Britain on Wednesday as he tries to move on from the scandal...

Published 02 Feb, 2022 02:34pm

World

UK police investigating Downing Street lockdown parties

LONDON: British police said on Tuesday it was investigating a series of events held at Prime Minister Boris ...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 03:47pm

World

UK PM Johnson under fresh pressure over lockdown birthday bash

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Tuesday fighting fresh allegations that he broke the COVID...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 01:45pm

World

Johnson faces demands to resign

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday dismissed calls to resign from opponents and some of his...

Published 20 Jan, 2022 04:21am

World

UK PM Johnson faces plot to trigger leadership challenge

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Wednesday fighting to shore up his premiership after a revolt by...

Published 19 Jan, 2022 12:43pm

World

British PM under fire over video of staff joking about lockdown party

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire Wednesday after a video emerged of his senior aides...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 10:13am

World

UK sends 1,000 more ventilators to India as doctors rally

LONDON: The UK said Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India, as a group of...

Published 03 May, 2021 04:39am

World

Minister sidesteps question on UK PM Johnson's apartment refurbishment financing

"The prime minister has already paid for it," Shapps told Sky News.

Published 28 Apr, 2021 11:31am

World

British Prime Minister Johnson reacts to death of Prince Philip

"It was with great sadness that a short time ago I received word from Buckingham Palace that His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has passed away at the age of 99.
"Prince Philip earned the affection of generations here in the United Kingdom, across the Commonwealth and around the world.

Published 09 Apr, 2021 05:31pm

World

UK needs to do more to tackle racism, PM Johnson says

"I don't want to say that the government is going to agree with absolutely everything in it, but it has some original and stimulating work in it but I think people need to read and to consider," Johnson said.
"There are very serious issues that our society faces to do with racism that we need to address, we've got, we've got to do more to fix it and we need to understand the severity of the problem," he said.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 05:52pm

World

British govt will not reduce worker rights post-Brexit, business sec says

Commenting on the report, opposition member of parliament Ed Miliband said the government's priorities were "out of step with the needs of workers and their families".

Published 15 Jan, 2021 12:09pm

World

UK PM Johnson cancels India visit, citing need to oversee virus response

The prime minister spoke to (Indian) Prime Minister Modi this morning, to express his regret that he will be unable to visit India later this month as planned.
In light of the national lockdown announced last night, and the speed at which the new coronavirus variant is spreading.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 07:30pm

World

Leaders to sign UK-EU deal as MPs face express debate

Under the EU deal, musicians are not covered by exemptions allowing for free passage of short-term business visitors, sparking warnings that continental tours by UK bands will become unviable.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 09:18am

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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