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TikTok, 5 other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaints

STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS: TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed...

Published 16 Jan, 2025 12:33pm

World

US adds Tencent, CATL to list of Chinese firms allegedly aiding Beijing’s military

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The US Defence Department said on Monday it has added Chinese tech giants including gaming and...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 11:32am

Technology

Apple offers iPhone discounts in China as competition intensifies

BEIJING: Apple is offering rare discounts of up to 500 yuan ($68.50) on its latest iPhone models in China, as the US...

Published 02 Jan, 2025 01:35pm

Technology

Malaysia grants WeChat, TikTok licences to operate under new law

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s communications regulator said it granted Tencent’s WeChat and ByteDance’s TikTok licences...

Published 02 Jan, 2025 11:23am

World

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

Opinion

‘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

World

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	156.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 17	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,619.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,584.06
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,505.22
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,903.39

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	78.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,703.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 18	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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