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Venezuela National Assembly urges expulsion of EU ambassador

The election results were not recognized by the EU, the United States nor several Latin American countries.

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 05:53pm

World

Britain's au pair system 'killed' by Brexit

"If we can't find somebody in September, either me or my husband will have to stop working," she added, calling the situation a "frustration".

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 05:53pm

World

EU envoy warns Ethiopia Tigray crisis 'out of control'

Haavisto warned that Sudan is struggling to cope with the influx and that it risked spiralling into a new driver for refugees towards Europe.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 08:23pm

World

G7 'firmly condemn' Myanmar military attacks on protesters

Myanmar's military leaders are facing renewed pressure at home and abroad after gradually ratcheting up their use of force against a massive and largely peaceful civil disobedience campaign against their coup.

Updated 23 Feb, 2021 01:53pm

World

EU warns Myanmar, mulls sanctions on Russia over crackdown

The EU has already hit Russia with waves of sanctions over the 2014 annexation of Crimea and Moscow's fuelling of the war in Ukraine.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 05:22pm

World

EU adds 19 Venezuelan officials to sanctions blacklist

The move brings to 55 the total number of members of President Nicolas Maduro's regime to be slapped with asset freezes and travel bans by the bloc.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 04:56pm

World

UK fintechs seek 'cure for Brexit' in Lithuania

Britain is still first by far with 610 licences.

Published 21 Feb, 2021 11:12am

World

EU likely to approve sanctions over Russia crackdown

His sentencing sparked nationwide protests that saw baton-wielding security forces detain thousands.

Published 21 Feb, 2021 10:49am

Markets

Romania pushes euro adoption goal to 2027-2028: PM

Romania, a country of 20 million which joined the European Union in 2007 has postponed its euro adoption plans several times as it struggles to meet EU targets.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 11:15am

GI tag for Basmati rice: IPO submits reply to EU against India's claim

ISLAMABAD: The Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) has submitted it reply to the European Union (EU) against...

Published 19 Feb, 2021 04:07am

Business & Finance

EU to help local SMEs get maximum benefit from GSP+ status

LAHORE: European Union Ambassador to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara, at a meeting with Hashim Raza, Chief Executive...

Updated 18 Feb, 2021 09:27am

Business & Finance

EU January auto sales plunge: industry group

It said 726,491 vehicles were sold in the month, down from 956,447 in January 2020.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 05:27pm

World

Brexit clouds life in Spanish sun for British second home owners

But since Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, sending sterling down against the euro, demand has slackened.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 11:29am

World

EU bids to ease Ireland's anger over Brexit border move

"The announcement that was made on January the 29th was actually for us probably far greater than a mistake," said Regina Doherty.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 09:24pm

Business & Finance

Johnson & Johnson files for EU vaccine approval

J&J's vaccine has been under a "rolling review" by the EMA since December 1.

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 09:11pm

World

EU sets deadline for Turkey on tax blacklist: diplomats

The EU states had already granted Turkey a grace period until the end of December.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 07:07pm

World

City of London pays early price of hard Brexit

Mark Simpson, an expert on financial services at the law firm Baker & McKenzie, agreed that by the metric of job losses, London did not need to panic yet.

Updated 14 Feb, 2021 05:13pm

World

EU to spare Turkey from tax blacklist

BRUSSELS: The EU is set to give Turkey more time to adhere to its commitments on tax evasion, sources said on ...

Updated 14 Feb, 2021 09:57am

Markets

FranceAgriMer ups wheat export forecast

PARIS: Farm office FranceAgriMer on Wednesday increased its forecast of French soft wheat exports outside the...

Published 14 Feb, 2021 03:49am

World

UK economy suffers record 9.9% slump in 2020 after COVID-19 hit

Britain’s coronavirus-ravaged economy slumped by 9.9% in 2020, the biggest annual crash in output in more than 300 years, but it avoided heading back towards recession at the end of last year and looks to be on course for a recovery in 2021.
Britain’s economy grew 1.2% in December alone, after a 2.3% fall in output in November when there was a partial lockdown, leaving output 6.3% lower than in February before the start of the pandemic, the Office for National Statistics said.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 03:46pm

Business & Finance

EU prolongs regulatory relief for airlines as travel demand falls

The European Union will prolong pandemic-induced regulatory relief for airlines as border closures and lockdown restrictions wipe out air travel.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 05:59pm

World

EU slashes 2021 growth forecast, but eyes big rebound

This was down from the 4.2 percent for 2021 forecast in November.

Updated 11 Feb, 2021 05:48pm

World

Macron floats brokered Airbus-Boeing accord to Biden: report

The European Commission said in response to the move that it "regrets that the United States has chosen to add further EU products to its retaliation list in the WTO Airbus case on aircraft subsidies."

Published 11 Feb, 2021 11:15am

Markets

UK presses EU on finance deal for post-Covid recovery

The EU should instead accept healthy competition, Bailey stressed in his speech.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 11:07am

World

Navalny aides push EU for new Russia sanctions

The move comes after the tit-for-tat expulsion of several European and Russian diplomats as tensions run high over the Navalny affair.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 05:44pm

World

Navalny aides say discussed new Russia sanctions with EU

The video call took place at a time of heightened tensions between the European Union and Russia, exacerbated by the arrest and jailing of Navalny.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 12:56pm

World

Britain, EU urge UN Human Rights Council special session on Myanmar

The call comes came a week after Myanmar's generals conducted a coup in the country.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 08:01pm

World

EU tells Hungary to change procurement, cites ‘systemic’ fraud

The European Commission is mandated with managing the 750-billion-euro scheme and has already told several EU states their proposals for spending their part of the funds must be improved.
Competition in public procurement is insufficient in practice," said the document, adding that that was linked to "systemic irregularities".

Published 08 Feb, 2021 05:38pm

World

EU to Hungary: change procurement to bar ‘systemic’ fraud from recovery stimulus

The European Commission is mandated with managing the 750-billion-euro scheme and has already told several EU states their proposals for spending their part of the funds must be improved.
The document called specifically for improved data transparency and accessibility, arguing that that would lead to a fairer and more open procurement process.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 05:14pm

Business & Finance

Electric vehicle sales surge in EU amid Covid slump

Some 538,772 fully electric autos were sold across the bloc, up 117 percent from 2019, while sales of plug-in hybrids more than tripled.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 05:58pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 13	278.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 13	278.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 14	157.07
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 14	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 14	1.28
Euro to USD / Jun 14	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5433.74
India Sensex / Jun 14	76810.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 14	38709.02
Nasdaq / Jun 14	17667.56
Hang Seng / Jun 14	18023.85
FTSE 100 / Jun 14	8163.67
Dow Jones / Jun 14	38647.10
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 14	18265.68

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jun 14	268.36
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 14	78.18
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 14	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 14	206361
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 14	2308.42
Diesel/Litre / Jun 14	270.22

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 14 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 14 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 14 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 14 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 14 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 14 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 14 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 14 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 14 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 14 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 14 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 14 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 14 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 14 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 14 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 14 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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