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US embassy in London reopens after suspicious ‘hoax’ item found

LONDON: British police said on Friday that a suspicious package left outside the U.S. embassy in London, which was...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 08:12pm

Life & Style

M&S revamp gathers traction with first-half profit

LONDON: British retailer Marks & Spencer forecast strong Christmas trading after reporting a...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 06:03pm

Pakistan

Attack on Justice Isa in London: Authorities ordered to block CNICs, passports of attackers

ISLAMABAD: Condemning the attack on former chief justice Qazi Faez Isa in London, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

World

British Airways extends London-Tel Aviv flight suspension

LONDON: British Airways on Friday said it was extending its suspension of flights from London to Tel Aviv until the...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:01pm

Life & Style

London Tube map exhibition celebrates iconic design

LONDON: London’s Tube map is being celebrated in a new exhibition that traces the evolution of its much-loved design...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 01:55pm

Business & Finance

Abacus honoured at ‘Common-wealth at 75’ celebration in London

LAHORE: Abacus, an internationally renowned professional services company, has been recognised in the prestigious...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 09:01am

Life & Style

London’s Canary Wharf sets sights on hotels to fill empty offices

LONDON: London’s Canary Wharf financial district wants to convert swathes of empty office space into other uses...

Published 02 Oct, 2024 02:35pm

Life & Style

British Museum explores ‘Silk Roads’ trade routes in new exhibition

LONDO: A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 02:52pm

Life & Style

Diamond necklace valued at up to $2.8mn heads to auction

LONDON: A rare diamond necklace with possible links to former French queen consort Marie Antoinette is to be...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:09pm

Life & Style

Harrods’ ex-owner Al Fayed raped, assaulted staff over decades, lawyers say

LONDON: The late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed sexually abused female staff at his London department store...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:08pm

Life & Style

Harrods apologises for sex abuse allegations against former owner Mohamed Al Fayed

LONDON: High-end London department store Harrods has apologised over allegations its former owner, Egyptian...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 03:19pm

Life & Style

London’s Oxford Street could go traffic-free under mayor’s plan

LONDON: London’s Oxford Street, home to some of the British capital’s most famous shops from Selfridges to Marks...

Updated 18 Sep, 2024 05:21pm

Life & Style

Stolen Banksy ‘Girl with Balloon’ painting found

LONDON: One of British street artist Banksy’s best-known paintings, ‘Girl with Balloon’, has been found after its...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 02:46pm

Pakistan

Dar meets British MPs of Pakistani origin

ISLAMABAD: The Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar had a detailed and comprehensive interaction with...

Published 09 Sep, 2024 07:03am

Pakistan

Nawaz to leave for London next month

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Mian Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to visit London in the second...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 08:21am

Life & Style

Oasis announce worldwide reunion tour

LONDON: British rock legends Oasis announced Tuesday they will reunite for a worldwide tour starting in the UK next...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 04:24pm

Pakistan

Pakistan HC celebrates Independence Day in London

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan High Commission in London celebrated the Independence Day with traditional zeal and enthusiasm...

Published 15 Aug, 2024 07:20am

World

Eleven-year-old girl stabbed in London’s Leicester Square

LONDON: An 11-year-old girl was seriously injured in a stabbing in London’s Leicester Square on Monday, police ...

Published 13 Aug, 2024 07:02am

Life & Style

Banksy unleashes animals on London, but what do they mean?

LONDON: A goat, two elephants, three monkeys and one wolf. Four Banksy murals which have appeared in London this...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 03:18pm

Life & Style

Street artist Banksy reveals new artwork featuring goat in London

Elusive British street artist Banksy has taken credit for a new artwork of a black goat that popped up in Southwest...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 02:48pm

Life & Style

Buckingham Palace opens room with famous balcony to visitors

LONDON: Visitors to Buckingham Palace in London this summer will get to stand behind the famous balcony that the...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 04:51pm

Markets

London midcaps touch more than two-year highs as Labour Party returns to power

LONDON: Britain’s domestic-focused stocks logged their best week in more than five months on Friday after a...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:15am

Life & Style

Singapore retains title as the world’s most expensive city for second year in a row

Singapore retained its title as the world’s most expensive city to live extremely well in for the second year in a...

Updated 28 Jun, 2024 06:04pm

Life & Style

‘Dubai’s residential property still relatively affordable compared to regional cities’

Global Wealth & Lifestyle Report 2024 says emirate's status as robust and stable economic hub make it attractive place of residence

Updated 28 Jun, 2024 05:48pm

World

Thousands march in London to call for ‘urgent’ climate action

LONDON: Thousands of protestors from across the UK marched through central London on Saturday to call for “urgent...

Published 23 Jun, 2024 02:50am

Life & Style

Model Naomi Campbell gets her own exhibition at London’s V&A museum

LONDON: Naomi Campbell brings her stylish looks and runway walk to London’s V&A this week in a new exhibition...

Published 19 Jun, 2024 10:28pm

Life & Style

Kate, Princess of Wales, waves to crowds in first public appearance since cancer diagnosis

LONDON: Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, waved to crowds and smiled broadly from the balcony of Buckingham Palace...

Published 15 Jun, 2024 09:16pm

Life & Style

‘Friends’ themed experience sets up permanent home in London

A themed experience based on the iconic television sitcom, ‘Friends’ is setting up permanently in London, reported...

Updated 11 Jun, 2024 05:16pm

Business & Finance

Elevate secures financing of $5m

KARACHI: Elevate, a fintech, based in London and Dubai, has secured financing of $5 million to expand further into...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

Interior Minister orders overseas Pakistanis to be issued urgent passports within 7 days

Mohsin Naqvi says a normal passport will be issued within 30 days and this policy will apply to all Pakistani missions abroad

Updated 02 Jun, 2024 10:19pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 23	70.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 24	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 24 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 24 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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