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Prince Harry settles lawsuit against Murdoch’s UK tabloids

LONDON: Prince Harry dramatically settled Wednesday his long-running lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s UK tabloid...

Published 23 Jan, 2025 06:14am

World

Facing market pain, UK’s Reeves says ‘pragmatic’ China ties will help growth

BEIJING: British finance minister Rachel Reeves, facing criticism for travelling to China during financial market...

Published 11 Jan, 2025 10:37am

Pakistan

British High Commissioner calls on Defence Minister Khawaja Asif

British High Commissioner Jane Marriott met with the Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif on Wednesday, APP reported....

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 10:55pm

World

Father of murdered UK-Pakistani girl attacked in prison

LONDON: The man who murdered his 10-year-old British-Pakistani daughter, Sara Sharif, in a high-profile case that...

Published 04 Jan, 2025 07:33am

Technology

UK study warns of perils in AI-driven ‘intention economy’

LONDON: Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tools may soon “covertly influence” users’ decision making...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 06:32am

World

Bad weather set to hit UK New Year celebrations

LONDON: Adverse weather on Monday looked set to hit UK New Year festivities, as the organisers of Edinburgh's...

Published 30 Dec, 2024 10:57pm

World

3 migrants die trying to cross Channel from France to UK

PARIS: At least three migrants died in the Channel off northern France on Sunday as a group of around 50 people ...

Published 30 Dec, 2024 05:47am

World

UK to tax private schools in £1.5bn boost to public education

LONDON: The UK will end a tax exemption for private schools on Wednesday, the centre-left Labour government has...

Published 29 Dec, 2024 12:25pm

Pakistan

PIA to enhance its fleet

KARACHI: After the uplifting of ban imposed by EASA, PIA is planning to expand its network to Europe and UK. The...

Published 26 Dec, 2024 07:56am

Pakistan

Military court verdicts: FO cautiously rejects criticism

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Tuesday that the military courts’ verdicts have been made under a law enacted by the...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 06:25am

Pakistan

‘Sentencing of civilians’: After EU and UK, US says it is deeply concerned

ISLAMABAD: After the UK and European Union (EU)’s reactions, the United States has said that it was deeply...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 06:25am

Resident Pakistanis in UAE, UK: Rental income, capital gain not taxable: ATIR DB

ISLAMABAD: A division bench of Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) has held that under the tax treaties of...

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 09:40am

World

IRA bombs: Gerry Adams to stand civil trial in 2026

LONDON: Politician Gerry Adams, whose Sinn Fein party was once the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, will...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 06:47am

Business & Finance

UK officially joins Indo-Pacific trade bloc

LONDON: Britain on Sunday became the first European nation to join a major Indo-Pacific trading bloc, in what has...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 06:08am

World

UK aims to boost home-schooling safety after Sara’s murder

LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday called for better safeguards for home-schooled children and...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am

Editorials

Rising remittance flows

EDITORIAL: Remittances surged by 34 percent year-on-year to 14.76 billion dollars July-November 2024 against 11...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 08:03am

World

Iraq abuse claims: Ex-UK lawyer sentenced for fraud

LONDON: A former British lawyer who became known for bringing lawsuits on behalf of Iraqi civilians accusing British...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 06:45am

Flight resumption: UK’s go-ahead likely by first quarter of 2025

KARACHI: Pakistan is likely to get a go-ahead from British aviation authorities to resume flight operations by first...

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:24am

World

UK says suspending all aid to Georgian govt

LONDON: Britain’s top diplomat David Lammy on Monday condemned “shocking” violence by Georgian authorities...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 08:41am

World

UK MPs give initial support to assisted dying bill

LONDON: Britain’s parliament voted in favour of a new bill to legalise assisted dying on Friday, opening the way...

Published 30 Nov, 2024 06:26am

World

Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK

LONDON: Ireland, Britain and France faced travel chaos on Saturday and one person died as a winter storm battered...

Published 25 Nov, 2024 06:15am

World

UK former deputy PM John Prescott dies

LONDON: Britain’s former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and helped him transform...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

World

Russian envoy claims UK ‘now directly involved’ in Ukraine war

LONDON: Moscow’s ambassador in London said Thursday Britain was “now directly involved” in Russia’s war with...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 11:17pm

Editorials

Our messy politics and foreign interventions

EDITORIAL: Diaspora Pakistanis disturbed by our increasingly intolerant politics have effectively been using their...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 06:31am

World

UK to scrap Royal Navy ships

LONDON: British defence minister John Healey said on Wednesday he would free up 500 million pounds ($633 million) ...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 05:51am

World

Farmers target PM Starmer in protest against new UK tax rules

LONDON: Hundreds of farmers, many in tractors, gathered in Wales on Saturday to protest against UK Prime Minister...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

Opinion

A royal bond

Media stories about the possibility of King Charles’ South Asian visit next year that may bring him to Pakistan have...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 06:37am

Business & Finance

$3bn remittances in Oct: highest monthly inflow in FY25 so far

KARACHI: Pakistan received over $3 billion home remittances in October 2024, the highest monthly inflow so far in ...

Published 09 Nov, 2024 06:36am

Markets

Meat processing, alternate energy sectors: Irish team exploring investment opportunities

ISLAMABAD: A high-potential delegation from Republic of Ireland is in Pakistan to seek avenues of joint ventures...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 06:16am

Business & Finance

UK increases windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers

LONDON: The British government will increase a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers to 38% from 35% and...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 23	278.71
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 23	278.56
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 23	156.57
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 23	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 22	6,086.37
Nasdaq / Jan 22	20,009.34
Dow Jones / Jan 22	44,156.73
India Sensex / Jan 23	76,579.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 23	40,000.30
Hang Seng / Jan 23	19,695.88
FTSE 100 / Jan 23	8,544.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 23	21,282.88

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 22	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 22	246,440
Petrol/Litre / Jan 23	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 23	75.19
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 23	2,754.03
Diesel/Litre / Jan 23	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Saritow Spinning / Jan 23 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	10.12 ▲ 1.00 (10.96%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 23 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 23 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	94.44 ▲ 8.59 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 23 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	30.33 ▲ 2.76 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 23 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	37.04 ▲ 3.37 (10.01%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 23 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	72.46 ▲ 6.59 (10.00%)
Dewan Motors / Jan 23 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	46.07 ▲ 4.19 (10.00%)
Mughal Energy / Jan 23 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	21.45 ▲ 1.95 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 23 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	150.99 ▲ 13.73 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Nagina Cot. / Jan 23 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 23 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	10.92 ▼ -1.21 (-9.98%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 23 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	105.20 ▼ -11.20 (-9.62%)
J.K.Spinning / Jan 23 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	60.50 ▼ -6.14 (-9.21%)
Kohat Textile / Jan 23 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	32 ▼ -3.13 (-8.91%)
Ruby Textile / Jan 23 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	6.67 ▼ -0.62 (-8.50%)
Sana Ind / Jan 23 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.60 ▼ -2.64 (-8.45%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 23 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.01 ▼ -29.89 (-8.08%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 23 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	33.11 ▼ -2.82 (-7.85%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	141,910,406 ▲ 0.58
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	100,218,430 ▲ 0.10
Fauji Cement / Jan 23 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	83,552,040 ▲ 2.32
Lotte Chemical / Jan 23 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	35,610,583 ▲ 0.74
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 23 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	32,491,903 ▲ 8.59
Bank Makramah / Jan 23 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	30,547,553 ▼ -0.11
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 23 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	26,406,513 ▲ 2.50
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	22,103,404 ▲ 0.45
D.G.K.Cement / Jan 23 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	16,695,919 ▲ 2.76

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