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Father and stepmother jailed for girl’s murder after UK trial

LONDON: The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in her home in Britain, were...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 06:35pm

World

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

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	278.22
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	278.02
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	154.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.27
Euro to USD / Jan 1	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	6,074.08
India Sensex / Jan 1	81,748.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	39,540.11
Nasdaq / Jan 1	20,173.89
Hang Seng / Jan 1	19,718.56
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	8,262.05
Dow Jones / Jan 1	43,717.48
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	20,313.81

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	70.60
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	243,059.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	2,654.57
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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