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New UK government closes in on major employment reform

LONDON: Britain’s new Labour government will on Thursday take a key step towards delivering major reforms to...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 10:56am

Opinion

AI – impact on healthcare industry

Mention artificial intelligence (AI) and the reaction varies from blank to reluctant to frightened to downright...

Updated 27 Dec, 2023 05:41am

World

Hospital doctors in England to stage five-day strike

LONDON: Hospital doctors in England on Friday announced the longest strike in the history of the state-funded...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:45pm

World

England’s health service set for ‘catastrophic’ doctors’ strike

LONDON: The public health service in England was on Tuesday braced for “the most disruptive industrial action” in...

Published 11 Apr, 2023 10:52am

World

UK ambulance workers strike again as unions call for talks

LONDON: Thousands of ambulance workers held another strike across England and Wales on Monday, in escalating...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 03:23pm

World

British nurses and paramedics plan more strikes in 2023

LONDON: Britain’s health workers on Friday announced a fresh round of strikes in January, with their long-running...

Published 23 Dec, 2022 06:54pm

World

UK nurses begin unprecedented walkout

LONDON: UK nurses on Thursday begin an unprecedented strike as a “last resort” in their fight for better wages and...

Published 15 Dec, 2022 12:24pm

World

UK government could bring in military to ease strikes

LONDON: The British government is looking at bringing in the military to help keep public services running if key...

Published 04 Dec, 2022 03:13pm

Business & Finance

UK warns of budget pain to come this week

LONDON: Britain’s government on Sunday warned of impending tax hikes, especially for the wealthy, as it bids to...

Published 13 Nov, 2022 02:49pm

World

England to roll out fourth Covid shot: NHS

LONDON: England will begin rolling out its fourth coronavirus vaccine shot this week, the National Health Service...

Published 20 Mar, 2022 11:41am

World

UK to offer Covid vaccine to all children aged 5-11

LONDON: All children aged five to 11 in England will be offered a Covid-19 vaccine, the UK government said ...

Published 16 Feb, 2022 10:54pm

World

UK announces £6bn health spending ahead of key budget

LONDON: The British government will provide an extra £6 billion to its National Health Service to tackle backlogs...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am

Markets

Fuel pumps run dry in British cities

LONDON: Gas station pumps ran dry in British cities on Monday and vendors rationed sales as a shortage of truckers...

Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am

World

Britain says no decision yet on COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds

No decisions have been made on vaccinating 12-15 year olds and it is inaccurate to suggest otherwise, the department said in an emailed statement late on Wednesday

Published 26 Aug, 2021 11:26am

World

Queen Elizabeth honours Britain's health service for pandemic work

The honour has only been bestowed collectively twice before, and only once by the queen

Published 05 Jul, 2021 10:06am

World

UK health service under pressure despite pandemic promises

The number of doctors -- 2.8 per 1,000 people -- is also "well below EU averages", while Britain has the second-lowest number of hospital beds in Europe.

Updated 16 May, 2021 05:10pm

World

UK vaccine drive ‘huge success’ after jabbing half of all adults

LONDON: The British government on Saturday hailed its coronavirus vaccination programme as “a huge success” ...

Updated 21 Mar, 2021 09:33am

World

UK vaccine roll-out passes 10 million: govt

LONDON: More than 10 million people have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Britain, according to...

Published 04 Feb, 2021 04:13am

World

UK lockdown hero ‘Captain Tom’ dies at 100

LONDON: Captain Tom Moore, who won British hearts with a Covid-19 fundraising drive last year, on Tuesday died aged...

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am

World

PM Johnson says UK in 'race against time' as it faces worst weeks of pandemic

The first daily vaccination statistics showed that nearly 2.3 million people had so far received their first doses of a COVID vaccine and nearly 400,000 had received a second dose.

Updated 12 Jan, 2021 12:02am

Business & Finance

Lloyd's insurance market closes underwriting floor due to national lockdown

Lloyd's closed its underwriting room for nearly six months following the first lockdown in March.
It was unlikely the floor would reopen before mid-February, Lloyd's said.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 07:24pm

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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