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Merkel urges 'fair' distribution of coronavirus jabs

South African President lashed out at "vaccine nationalism," accusing rich countries of bulk-buying coronavirus vaccines and hoarding them to the detriment of others.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:52pm

World

Merkel hopes to step up work on digital tax with Biden administration

I hope that with the new American administration we can now continue and intensify the work of the OECD on the minimum taxation of digital companies.
She added that she hoped "that we will succeed in once again anchoring the central role of competition law globally and preventing the emergence of monopolies."

Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:25pm

World

Cooperate on vaccines, since they are our way out of crisis: Merkel

It was also essential to support programmes subsidising poor countries' access to vaccines.
It has become even clearer to me than it was before that we need to choose a multilateral approach.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:16pm

World

Merkel's chief of staff triggers debt brake debate among German conservatives

Govt needs more debt for several more years – Braun.
Budget lawmakers reject proposal to change debt limit.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 06:24pm

Business & Finance

Worsening pandemic poses 'serious risks', ECB's Lagarde warns

FRANKFURT AM MAIN: European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde warned on Thursday that the pandemic still poses...

Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am

Markets

Worsening pandemic poses 'serious risks', ECB's Lagarde warns

Lagarde said the ECB's forecasts "remain valid" for now, as they took into account lockdowns persisting through the first quarter coupled with a gradual start to vaccinations.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 08:56pm

World

Merkel sees 'much broader scope' for cooperation with Biden

But she pledged to heed the calls pre-dating Trump for Germany and Europe to do more to foster global security particularly on defence.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:54pm

Markets

European stocks up

MILAN/FRANKFURT: European stocks inched higher on Tuesday, as possible extension of German lockdowns drew investors...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

Business & Finance

Germany takes on record debt in 2020, but less than expected

BERLIN: Germany took on record new debt in 2020 to shield the economy from the coronavirus pandemic, but less than...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

World

Germany mulls tighter shutdown as virus variants fuel fears

The crisis talks between Merkel and state premiers were brought forward by a week because of the virus variants.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 05:30pm

World

Germany's Merkel wants to extend coronavirus lockdown until mid-Feb

Merkel is due to meet the premiers of the federal states on Tuesday to decide on extending a current lockdown.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 02:38pm

World

German parliament presses Merkel to extend insolvency waiver

The provision has helped reduce the number of bankruptcies in Europe's largest economy through lockdown.

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 11:09pm

World

Merkel condemns Navalny arrest, demands release: spokesman

He said Germany called on Russia "to release Mr Navalny immediately".

Published 18 Jan, 2021 07:30pm

World

Germany says its new COVID-19 infections are much too high

Concern about new variants of the virus are the reason Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders have brought forward a planned meeting to Tuesday.
We still have a big risk ... that is the risk of mutation," Seibert told a regular news conference.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:58pm

Business & Finance

German economy at risk of 'sizeable setback' if curbs extended: Bundesbank

Germany has taken increasingly tight measures, such as closing some schools and shops.
If infections failed to ease significantly and current restrictions on economic activity were to persist or even be tightened, there could be a sizeable setback.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:37pm

World

Merkel's party picks her ally as next leader

At the opening on Friday of the two-day congress, Merkel had signalled her opposition to Merz as she urged delegates to stay the centrist course.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 11:13am

World

Merkel’s party picks her ally as next leader

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party picked her ally Armin Laschet as its next leader on...

Updated 17 Jan, 2021 09:39am

World

Rocky road beckons as new CDU chair Laschet seeks to fill Merkel's shoes

Laschet is the person she has come closest to endorsing as her successor as national leader, saying he has "the tools" to run for that job too.
Laschet would be well suited to negotiating a possible coalition government with the Greens after September's ballot.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 08:04pm

World

Centrist Laschet picked to lead Merkel's divided CDU party

Centrist beats arch-conservative Merz in runoff.
On course to run as chancellor candidate in Sept.
Merkel to stand down after that vote.
Her conservatives yet to unify around a successor.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 06:04pm

World

Merkel ally wins race to lead her party

A third hopeful, foreign affairs expert Norbert Roettgen, was knocked out of the race.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 05:27pm

Markets

European shares inch lower on lockdown worries

US president-elect Joe Biden outlined a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday, but failed to excite markets that had rallied in anticipation of the announcement.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 02:20pm

World

Record daily German COVID-19 deaths spark Merkel 'mega-lockdown' plan

Germany's daily death toll currently equates to about 15 deaths per million people, versus a 13 U.S. deaths per million.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 11:47pm

World

Merkel finds Twitter halt of Trump account 'problematic'

Merkel had said she was "furious and saddened" by the storming of the US Capitol by Trump's supporters.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 07:43pm

World

German virus deaths top 40,000 as Merkel warns of 'hardest weeks'

More than 1.9 million people have been infected so far, with almost 17,000 new cases added since Saturday.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 04:42pm

World

Merkel 'furious' over Capitol mob, says Trump shares blame

She lamented the "tragic" loss of life in the chaotic scenes but said the fact that lawmakers had returned to work overnight was a "sign of hope".

Published 07 Jan, 2021 05:59pm

World

Germany checks parliament security after US Capitol chaos

The German embassy in Washington has been requested to provide a report on how the "violent excesses could have happened in the Capitol".

Published 07 Jan, 2021 05:35pm

World

Merkel angry, sad after 'rioters' stormed U.S. Capitol

Merkel called the hundreds of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol "attackers and rioters".

Published 07 Jan, 2021 04:43pm

World

Germany extends lockdown to end-January, adds stricter measures: Merkel

"We need to restrict contact more strictly... We ask all citizens to restrict contact to the absolute minimum," she told journalists following a meeting with the leaders of Germany's 16 federal states.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:54am

World

Germany to test travellers from risk areas twice for coronavirus: Merkel

Even if a first test was negative, travellers from risk regions would in future have to enter quarantine for five days and take a second test, Merkel said.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:33am

World

Germany introduces tougher restrictions in pandemic battle

The new rules restrict for the first time non-essential travel for residents of hard-hit areas all over Germany.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:30am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 19	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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