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UK PM Johnson welcomes guilty verdict for US policeman Chauvin

I was appalled by the death of George Floyd and welcome this verdict," Johnson said on Twitter.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 10:41am

World

UK adds India to Covid travel 'red list' as PM cancels trip

LONDON: Britain on Monday imposed its strictest travel curbs on India after an explosion of coronavirus cases there,...

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 10:06am

World

India added to England’s Covid travel ‘red list’ on Friday

India will be added to England's travel "red list" from Friday, as cases of the UK variant continue to grow.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday cancelled a planned trip to India, scheduled to take place next week, due to the current coronavirus situation in India.

Updated 19 Apr, 2021 08:38pm

World

Johnson shortens India visit

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will shorten his delayed visit to India later this month, his first...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 03:22am

World

UK's Johnson says he shares concerns on Greensill lobbying

"I indeed share the widespread concern about some of the stuff that we're reading at the moment ... and I know that the Cabinet Secretary shares my concern as well," Johnson told parliament, saying top civil servants should have experience of the private sector but it was not clear that "those boundaries have been properly understood".

Published 14 Apr, 2021 04:20pm

World

UK's Johnson warns lockdown, not vaccines, behind drop in COVID deaths

Britain has offered shots to high-priority groups.
Johnson: lockdown largely behind lower cases.
PM cautions there will be more hospitalisations, deaths.
Moderna rollout begins in England.
Surge testing in London to track South Africa variant.

Published 13 Apr, 2021 06:15pm

World

UK's Johnson commissions independent review into lobbying

"The Cabinet Office is commissioning an independent review on behalf of the prime minister to establish the development and use of supply chain finance and associated activities in government and the role Greensill played in those," he told reporters.
This independent review will also look at how contracts were secured and business representatives engaged with government. It will be led by legal expert Nigel Boardman.

Published 12 Apr, 2021 06:09pm

Opinion

UK PM's loose talk on Brexit reverberates in N Ireland

In the febrile build-up to Britain's Brexit deal with the European Union, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there...

Published 11 Apr, 2021 05:27am

World

UK PM's loose talk on Brexit reverberates in N.Ireland

Northern Irish justice minister Naomi Long, of the centrist Alliance Party, noted that Johnson and Lewis "denied the existence of borders, even as those borders were being erected".

Published 10 Apr, 2021 04:48pm

World

British Prime Minister Johnson reacts to death of Prince Philip

"It was with great sadness that a short time ago I received word from Buckingham Palace that His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has passed away at the age of 99.
"Prince Philip earned the affection of generations here in the United Kingdom, across the Commonwealth and around the world.

Published 09 Apr, 2021 05:31pm

World

UK businesses not sold on vaccine passport idea

LONDON: Britain’s retail and hospitality sectors have hit out the possibility of vaccine passports after Prime...

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:21am

World

British PM condemns latest Northern Ireland violence

"The way to resolve differences is through dialogue, not violence or criminality," Boris Johnson.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 05:50pm

World

UK PM Johnson says deeply concerned by N. Irish violence

"The way to resolve differences is through dialogue, not violence or criminality."

Published 08 Apr, 2021 11:47am

World

UK's Johnson sees no change to plan to ease restrictions after Astra

"I don't think that anything I have seen leads me to suppose that we will have to change the roadmap or deviate from the roadmap in any way," Johnson said.

Updated 08 Apr, 2021 12:22am

UK to have traffic light system for travel

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday it was too soon to say whether international summer...

Published 06 Apr, 2021 04:23am

World

British PM Johnson to unveil international travel plan amid COVID-19

British PM Johnson to set out plans at 1700 local time.
International travel will not start before May 17.
Airlines, hotels hope for a relaunch.

Published 05 Apr, 2021 07:34pm

World

UK's Johnson launches mass testing programme as economy reopens

Junior health minister Edward Argar said the tests would be sent to homes or businesses, or picked up from pharmacies or test centres.

Published 05 Apr, 2021 12:19pm

World

UK's Johnson to set out travel plans after vaccine programme takes off

Under the current plan international travel will not resume until May 17 at the earliest. The Financial Times said Johnson was not expected to set out a specific timeframe.

Published 05 Apr, 2021 10:12am

World

Black adviser to Boris Johnson quits amid race report outcry

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior black adviser has quit, Downing Street said Thursday, a day...

Updated 02 Apr, 2021 09:06am

World

PM Johnson says France's COVID situation is sad and could spread to UK

"I'm afraid you can see what's happening in France... It's very sad actually - it's very very sad," Johnson said. "When they get it in France and they get it bad, two or three weeks later it comes to us.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 07:31pm

World

UK needs to do more to tackle racism, PM Johnson says

"I don't want to say that the government is going to agree with absolutely everything in it, but it has some original and stimulating work in it but I think people need to read and to consider," Johnson said.
"There are very serious issues that our society faces to do with racism that we need to address, we've got, we've got to do more to fix it and we need to understand the severity of the problem," he said.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 05:52pm

World

Backlash after report finds UK not ‘institutionally racist’

LONDON: Prejudice persists in Britain but the country is not “institutionally racist”, according to a...

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 09:09am

World

UK concern over ‘opaque’ empire of billionaire Gupta

LONDON: Britain’s business minister on Tuesday confirmed Boris Johnson’s government had refused a £170 million...

Updated 31 Mar, 2021 10:14am

World

Brits flock to pools and parks as lockdown eases

LONDON: People in England on Monday rushed outdoors as sports returned in the latest easing of coronavirus...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

World

Covid roller coaster adds to Blackpool’s decline

BLACKPOOL: Its ghost train ride stands idle and the golden beach is deserted. For seaside resort Blackpool, the ...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

World

Virus-hit airline Ryanair optimistic over summer

LONDON: Irish no-frills airline Ryanair on Wednesday expressed optimism over the summer holiday outlook despite a...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

World

Britain’s stately homes struggle to survive with Covid restrictions

BURY ST EDMUNDS, (United Kingdom): The sprawling redbrick house and grounds of Kentwell Hall, built up in the time...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

World

GSK to fill up to 60mn Novavax vaccine doses for Britain

Novavax will manufacture some of the vaccine using Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies facilities in Stockton-on-Tees, northern England.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 12:07am

World

UK PM Johnson: We don't know how strong our defences are against future COVID waves

"The vaccine rollout has been very impressive, and thanks to everybody who's been involved in it, but what we don't know is exactly how strong our fortifications now are, how robust our defences are against another wave,".

Updated 30 Mar, 2021 12:01am

World

UK PM Johnson says he hopes to avoid another lockdown

"I am hopeful, I don't see anything in the data right now that would cause us to deviate from the roadmap, but we have got to remain humble in the face of nature and we have to be prepared to do whatever it takes to protect the British public,"

Updated 30 Mar, 2021 12:01am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dawood Equities / Apr 21 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	5.65 ▲ 0.60 (11.88%)
Sana Ind. (R) / Apr 21 Sana Industries (R)(SNAIR)	12.01 ▲ 1.00 (9.08%)
Bal. Glass / Apr 21 Balochistan Glass Limited(BGL)	13.00 ▲ 1.00 (8.33%)
Service Fab. / Apr 21 Service Fabrics Limited(SERF)	13.35 ▲ 1.00 (8.10%)
Service Tex. / Apr 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	13.61 ▲ 1.00 (7.93%)
Telecard / Apr 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	13.87 ▲ 1.00 (7.77%)
AKD Capital Ltd / Apr 21 AKD Capital Limited(AKDCL)	451.50 ▲ 31.50 (7.50%)
Tandlianwala / Apr 21 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	133.63 ▲ 9.32 (7.50%)
Elahi Cot. / Apr 21 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	42.75 ▲ 2.98 (7.49%)
Kohi.Tex. / Apr 21 Kohinoor Textile Mills Limited(KTML)	70.61 ▲ 4.92 (7.49%)

Stock	Price
First Equity Mod. / Apr 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.34 ▲ -0.73 (-17.94%)
First Credit & Inv. / Apr 21 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	5.64 ▲ -0.87 (-13.36%)
Century Ins. / Apr 21 Century Insurance Company Limited(CENI)	18.95 ▲ -2.70 (-12.47%)
Tri-Star / Apr 21 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	4.51 ▲ -0.49 (-9.80%)
Island Tex. / Apr 21 Island Textile Mills Limited(ILTM)	1918.45 ▲ -155.55 (-7.50%)
Mirpurkhas Sugar / Apr 21 Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills Limited(MIRKS)	94.35 ▲ -7.65 (-7.50%)
Punjab Oil / Apr 21 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	203.50 ▲ -16.50 (-7.50%)
Sapphire Tex. / Apr 21 Sapphire Textile Mills Limited(SAPT)	914.83 ▲ -74.17 (-7.50%)
Tata Textile / Apr 21 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	59.30 ▲ -4.80 (-7.49%)
Mian Textile / Apr 21 Mian Textile Industries Limited(MTIL)	18.60 ▲ -1.50 (-7.46%)

Stock	Volume
TRG Pak. / Apr 21 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,695,449 ▼ 0.00
Worldcall / Apr 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	42,836,000 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods / Apr 21 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	37,550,386 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Global Hold. / Apr 21 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	31,297,500 ▼ 0.00
Telecard / Apr 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	16,091,000 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petr. / Apr 21 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	11,571,000 ▼ 0.00
Bal. Glass / Apr 21 Balochistan Glass Limited(BGL)	10,725,000 ▼ 0.00
Power Cement / Apr 21 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	10,568,000 ▼ 0.00
Media Times / Apr 21 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	9,277,500 ▼ 0.00
Aisha Steel / Apr 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	8,211,500 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 20	153.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 20	152.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 20	108.07
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 20	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 20	1.39
Euro to USD / Apr 20	1.20
UK LIBOR % / Apr 20	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 20	4134.94
India Sensex / Apr 20	47705.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 20	29100.38
Nasdaq / Apr 20	13788.27
Hang Seng / Apr 20	29135.73
FTSE 100 / Apr 20	6859.87
Dow Jones / Apr 20	33821.30
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 20	15129.51
France CAC40 / Apr 20	6165.11

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Apr 20	62.67
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Apr 20	10800.00
Gold 10 Grams / Apr 20	94564.00
Gold Spot / Apr 20	1778.40
Cotton / Apr 20	85.17

Boris Johnson

UK PM Johnson welcomes guilty verdict for US policeman Chauvin

UK adds India to Covid travel 'red list' as PM cancels trip

India added to England’s Covid travel ‘red list’ on Friday

Johnson shortens India visit

UK's Johnson says he shares concerns on Greensill lobbying

UK's Johnson warns lockdown, not vaccines, behind drop in COVID deaths

UK's Johnson commissions independent review into lobbying

UK PM's loose talk on Brexit reverberates in N Ireland

UK PM's loose talk on Brexit reverberates in N.Ireland

British Prime Minister Johnson reacts to death of Prince Philip

UK businesses not sold on vaccine passport idea

British PM condemns latest Northern Ireland violence

UK PM Johnson says deeply concerned by N. Irish violence

UK's Johnson sees no change to plan to ease restrictions after Astra

UK to have traffic light system for travel

British PM Johnson to unveil international travel plan amid COVID-19

UK's Johnson launches mass testing programme as economy reopens

UK's Johnson to set out travel plans after vaccine programme takes off

Black adviser to Boris Johnson quits amid race report outcry

PM Johnson says France's COVID situation is sad and could spread to UK

UK needs to do more to tackle racism, PM Johnson says

Backlash after report finds UK not ‘institutionally racist’

UK concern over ‘opaque’ empire of billionaire Gupta

Brits flock to pools and parks as lockdown eases

Covid roller coaster adds to Blackpool’s decline

Virus-hit airline Ryanair optimistic over summer

Britain’s stately homes struggle to survive with Covid restrictions

GSK to fill up to 60mn Novavax vaccine doses for Britain

UK PM Johnson: We don't know how strong our defences are against future COVID waves

UK PM Johnson says he hopes to avoid another lockdown

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