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What Trump’s 2024 election win means for Asian companies

Donald Trump has been elected US president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 11:45am

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‘Two secrets to China’s rise’

This is apropos a letter to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper yesterday. After twelve years, upon...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

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Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France, French media say

PARIS: Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 11:04am

World

Elon Musk confirms Twitter has become X.com

PARIS: The social network formerly known as Twitter has fully migrated over to X.com, owner Elon Musk said on...

Published 17 May, 2024 01:40pm

Opinion

You are what you WhatsApp?

Letters are formal. Texts and chats are informal. Letters and emails are with a subject. Texts are boundaryless....

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 05:09am

World

US House passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

WASHINGTON: The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok’s...

Updated 13 Mar, 2024 07:57pm

World

Heavy fog suspends shipping at Chinese ports; Shanghai issues heightened advisory

BEIJING: Heavy fog has suspended the operation of ships travelling through the Qiongzhou Strait off the coast of...

Published 31 Jan, 2024 11:18am

Technology

Tencent launches party game ‘DreamStar’, analysts say poses a threat to NetEase

HONG KONG: Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings on Friday launched “DreamStar”, a new party game that has been widely...

Published 15 Dec, 2023 09:46am

World

Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky on government phones

OTTAWA: Canada on Monday banned popular Chinese messaging app WeChat and Russian platform Kaspersky from government...

Published 31 Oct, 2023 01:46pm

Business & Finance

Country Garden delivers 381,000 homes as of Sept 15

BEIJING: Chinese developer Country Garden said on Wednesday it has delivered 381,000 homes in 231 Chinese cities as...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 11:17am

Technology

Tencent claims new AI chat bot skills comparable to ChatGPT

SHANGHAI: Chinese tech giant Tencent on Thursday claimed its new chatbot had some capabilities on par with top US...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 12:52pm

Business & Finance

Alibaba announces unexpected 14pc increase in quarterly revenue

BEIJING: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced an unexpected 14 percent on-year increase in quarterly sales on...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:30am

World

Beijing rains heaviest since records began 140 years ago

BEIJING: Deadly rains that pummelled China’s capital in recent days were the heaviest since records began 140 years...

Updated 02 Aug, 2023 11:33am

Technology

Apple Store goes live on WeChat mini programme

BEIJING: Apple Store’s official online store went live on Tencent’s WeChat mini programme on Tuesday, according to...

Published 11 Jul, 2023 09:18am

World

Beijing hospital fire death toll rises to 29, director detained

BEIJING: The death toll in a fire that ripped through a hospital in China’s capital Beijing has risen to 29, a city...

Published 19 Apr, 2023 10:41am

Technology

From bricks to flips: 50 years of mobile phones

PARIS: From brick-sized handsets popular with stockbrokers to intensely powerful computers that sit in all our...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 01:02pm

Business & Finance

PCJCCI chief underscores need for promoting online business

LAHORE: Pakistan can bring a revolution in online business with the help of Chinese companies already working in the...

Published 29 Mar, 2023 06:27am

Markets

India to ban Chinese-linked betting and loan lending apps

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has begun a process to ban and block 138 betting...

Updated 05 Feb, 2023 03:51pm

Business & Finance

Chinese EV maker Xpeng joins Tesla, Seres to cut some models’ prices

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Chinese automaker Xpeng on Tuesday announced price cuts for some models in the country in a notice...

Published 17 Jan, 2023 12:29pm

Technology

Tencent bets big on WeChat Channels in push to build its own TikTok

HONG KONG: On a hot summer’s day last year, the 90’s boy band Backstreet Boys clambered on to a stage in...

Published 13 Jan, 2023 11:40am

World

China’s Sichuan returning to normal as earthquake death toll hits 93

BEIJING: Officials in China’s Sichuan province, which was hit by an earthquake that killed 93 last week, lowered the...

Published 13 Sep, 2022 11:15am

Business & Finance

Chinese investors: SECP starts ‘WeChat service’

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) becomes the first-ever regulatory body and...

Published 03 Aug, 2022 04:55am

Technology

Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth

WASHINGTON: A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, leading US officials to chide...

Published 31 Jul, 2022 09:55am

World

Biden eyes new ways to bar China from scooping up US data

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has drafted an executive order that would give the Department of Justice vast...

Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am

Markets

Tencent’s WeChat to reveal user locations on public account posts

BEIJING: China’s most popular messaging service WeChat will begin revealing users’ locations when they post on a...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 08:52pm

Technology

China's Tencent to reduce transaction fees on WeChat payments for SMEs

SHANGHAI: Chinese social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd will reduce transaction fees for small and medium-sized...

Published 03 Mar, 2022 12:20pm

World

China warns US over ‘interfering’ in Winter Olympics

BEIJING: China warned the United States to “stop interfering” in the Winter Olympics on Thursday, a week before...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:45am

Opinion

Internet guardians want to break web’s language barriers

When website addresses using writing systems like Chinese and Arabic were introduced back in 2009, it was hailed as ...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Business & Finance

WeChat bargain hunters seek profits in China property bond rout

SHANGHAI: In late October, as a growing liquidity crisis across China’s property sector walloped developers’...

Published 15 Nov, 2021 07:08am

Technology

Tencent flags progress on three chips in development, investment effort

SHANGHAI: Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings touted progress in semiconductor chip development and investment...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 12:42pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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