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Trump signals tit-for-tat China tariffs may be near end; TikTok deal on ice

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday signaled a potential end to the tit-for-tat tariff hikes between...

Published 18 Apr, 2025 02:50pm

World

TikTok’s US public policy chief to step down, The Information reports

TikTok’s U.S. public policy chief, Michael Beckerman, a key figure in its fight against a U.S. government ban, plans...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 07:47am

World

How China went from courting Trump to ‘never yield’ tariff defiance

BEIJING/WASHINGTON: China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on “wartime footing” and ordered a...

Published 13 Apr, 2025 03:34pm

World

UK will not change online safety law as part of US trade negotiations

LONDON: Britain will not make any changes to its Online Safety Act as part of trade negotiations with the United...

Published 09 Apr, 2025 01:47pm

Technology

Trump TikTok sale deadline looms as US looks for deal

WASHINGTON: China’s ByteDance faces a Saturday deadline to sell the U.S. assets of TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer,...

Published 04 Apr, 2025 08:16pm

Business & Finance

Amazon bids to buy TikTok as deadline looms

WASHINGTON: Amazon.com has put in a last-minute bid to buy TikTok, a US administration official said on Wednesday,...

Published 03 Apr, 2025 05:23am

Life & Style

White House to hold meeting on TikTok

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will consider on Wednesday a final proposal related to TikTok ahead of an...

Published 02 Apr, 2025 10:54am

Technology

Trump says TikTok sale deal to come before Saturday deadline

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said a deal with TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to sell...

Published 31 Mar, 2025 08:17am

Business & Finance

TikTok to invest $8.8bn in Thailand over five years

BANGKOK: TikTok plans to invest $8.8 billion in Thailand over the next five years, focusing on digital...

Published 26 Mar, 2025 06:46am

World

Pentagon to brief Musk on top-secret plan for potential war with China, NYT reports

WASHINGTON: Billionaire Elon Musk, US President Donald Trump’s close ally, is due to be briefed on Friday by the...

Published 21 Mar, 2025 12:05pm

Life & Style

Zara opens flagship store in China’s Nanjing with cafe and content creation studio

SHANGHAI: Inditex-owned fast-fashion retailer Zara opened what it dubbed a new-style Asia flagship store in the...

Published 21 Mar, 2025 11:04am

World

Turkiye detains Erdogan’s main rival in what opposition calls ‘coup’

ISTANBUL: Turkiye authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival on Wednesday on charges...

Published 19 Mar, 2025 03:09pm

World

Nigerian TikToker rearrested

KANO, (Nigeria): Nigeria’s anti-graft agency on Monday announced the arrest of a popular TikToker who failed to...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 05:33am

World

Trump says US talking to four different groups on sale of TikTok

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration was in touch with four...

Published 10 Mar, 2025 08:03am

World

UK launches investigation into TikTok, Reddit over children’s personal data practices

Britain’s privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, on Monday launched an investigation into how...

Published 03 Mar, 2025 07:46am

Technology

Bytedance’s TikTok to invest $8.8bn in Thailand data centres, official says

BANGKOK: ByteDance’s TikTok will invest $8.8 billion in data centres in Thailand over five years, Helena Lersch,...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 11:52am

Technology

TikTok restructures trust and safety team, lays off staff in unit, sources say

SHANGHAI: TikTok is laying off global staff at its trust and safety unit which handles content moderation as part of...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 04:25pm

World

Australian children able to bypass age limit set by social media platforms, report shows

Children in Australia are able to easily bypass the minimum age limit imposed by social media platforms, a report by...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 12:15pm

World

Trump expects visit from Chinese President Xi without giving timeline

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/ WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected Chinese President Xi...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 12:02pm

World

Trump says he is speaking to China about TikTok

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Wednesday that he was talking to China about TikTok...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 08:08am

Technology

TikTok returns to Apple, Google app stores

WASHINGTON: TikTok has returned to Apple and Google app stores nearly a month after a new security law forced its...

Published 14 Feb, 2025 01:46pm

World

US lawmakers introduce bill to ban DeepSeek from govt devices

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers on Thursday brought forth a bill to ban Chinese artificial intelligence program DeepSeek...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 11:38am

Technology

2024 Creator Awards: TikTok announces nominations

KARACHI: TikTok has announced nominations for its 2024 Creator Awards in Pakistan. This highly anticipated event...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 06:32am

World

Trump says there is ‘great interest’ in TikTok

U.S President Donald Trump on Monday said there is a lot of interest in TikTok, as his administration seeks to...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 08:12am

Life & Style

Billionaire Ambani’s Reliance brings Shein back to India after 2020 app ban

MUMBAI: Reliance Retail has launched an app in India to sell fashionwear from China’s Shein under a licensing deal,...

Published 02 Feb, 2025 12:23pm

Pakistan

US-born girl shot dead by father over TikTok videos

QUETTA: A man who had recently brought his family back to Pakistan from the United States on Wednesday confessed to...

Published 30 Jan, 2025 06:47am

Opinion

Life for reel or real?

Too long. Too boring. Too dragging. It is a world which believes in zero waiting time. It is a generation that has...

Published 29 Jan, 2025 06:46am

World

Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 08:28am

World

Donald Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people, decision in 30 days

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was in talks with multiple people over buying...

Published 26 Jan, 2025 10:25am

World

UK tech minister expresses concern over TikTok

LONDON: Britain’s technology minister is “genuinely concerned” about how Chinese-owned TikTok could use the data of...

Published 23 Jan, 2025 08:11pm

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	281.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	280.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	143.76
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.13
UK LIBOR % / Apr 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5,484.77
Nasdaq / Apr 24	17,166.04
Dow Jones / Apr 24	40,093.40
India Sensex / Apr 25	78,672.03
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	35,682.75
Hang Seng / Apr 25	22,063.84
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8,423
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	22,168.81
France CAC40 / Apr 25	7,553.98

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 24	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 24	301,783
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	62.91
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	3,294.76
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 25	69.35
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Apr 25 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.94 ▲ 0.98 (24.75%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 25 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.08 ▲ 0.44 (16.67%)
Dewan Mushtaq / Apr 25 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	7.99 ▲ 1 (14.31%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Apr 25 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	8.26 ▲ 1 (13.77%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Apr 25 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	8.30 ▲ 0.98 (13.39%)
Shahtaj Textile / Apr 25 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	75.64 ▲ 6.88 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Apr 25 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	61.90 ▲ 5.63 (10.01%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 25 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	86.74 ▲ 7.89 (10.01%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 25 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	357.05 ▲ 32.46 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 25 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	156.38 ▲ 14.22 (10%)

Stock	Price
Engro Powergen / Apr 25 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	28.71 ▼ -10.13 (-26.08%)
Ghani Chemworld / Apr 25 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	8 ▼ -1 (-11.11%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	42.08 ▼ -4.68 (-10.01%)
Sally Textile / Apr 25 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	8.10 ▼ -0.9 (-10%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Apr 25 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	47.38 ▼ -5.26 (-9.99%)
Saif Power Ltd. / Apr 25 Saif Power Limited(SPWL)	12.25 ▼ -1.36 (-9.99%)
Imperial Limited / Apr 25 Imperial Limited(IML)	15.31 ▼ -1.69 (-9.94%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Apr 25 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	15.07 ▼ -1.65 (-9.87%)
Arpak Int. / Apr 25 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	57 ▼ -5.95 (-9.45%)
JS Global Banking / Apr 25 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	21.43 ▼ -2.19 (-9.27%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,110,996 ▼ -0.02
Power Cement / Apr 25 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,907,260 ▼ -0.14
Sui South Gas / Apr 25 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	21,486,992 ▼ -0.55
B.O.Punjab / Apr 25 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	19,704,674 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,944,453 ▼ -0.02
Aisha Steel Mill / Apr 25 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	16,612,936 ▲ 0.61
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	16,377,975 ▼ -0.21
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 25 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	16,249,019 ▲ 0.13
Sui North Gas / Apr 25 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	13,201,738 ▲ 1.13
Secure Logistics / Apr 25 Secure Logistics Group Limited(SLGL)	12,612,473 ▲ 1.17

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