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Colonial mindset

Published 26 Aug, 2026 04:57am

Pakistan has been independent for nearly eight decades. The Union Jack came down, the British went home, and we...

Travel guidelines: Govt denies entry on expired NICOP

Published 16 Jul, 2026 05:00am

KARACHI: Federal government has issued new travel guidelines for dual-nationality Pakistani citizens, enforcing them...

Foreign firms evince interest in Punjab’s waste-to-energy project

Published 29 Nov, 2025 02:39am

LAHORE: A Japanese group and a consortium of British and Chinese companies have shown interest in investing in a...

India hails trade deal in talks with visiting British FM

Published 07 Jun, 2025 05:52pm

NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Saturday a trade deal with Britain was “truly a...

Sri Lanka says British sanctions on ex-military unhelpful

Published 26 Mar, 2025 06:29pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new government on Wednesday criticised Britain’s sanctions against three retired top military...

UK teenager interrupts sentencing for murders of three girls in Southport

Published 23 Jan, 2025 08:12pm

LONDON: A British teenager on Thursday repeatedly interrupted the start of his sentencing for murdering three young...

Betrayed but not derailed

Published 27 Dec, 2024 07:23am

“The British are entitled always to mistrust other people”, AJP Taylor once wrote “but others are not entitled...

Pakistan condemns British Home Secretary's 'discriminatory, xenophobic' remarks

Updated 05 Apr, 2023 07:39pm

Suella Braverman said 'British-Pakistani men see women in a demeaned, illegitimate way'

UK, Greece in 'secret talks' on Parthenon Marbles: report

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 05:49pm

ATHENS: The British Museum and the Greek prime minister are in the “advanced stage” of “secret talks” over the...

UK retail sales in surprise rebound

Published 19 Aug, 2022 07:30pm

LONDON: British retail sales surprisingly rose overall in July but consumer confidence is at a record-low level as...

UK inflation hits double digits, highest since 1982

Published 17 Aug, 2022 11:40am

LONDON: British consumer price inflation jumped to 10.1% in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual...

UK two-year gilt sell-off drives yields to highest since April 2020

Published 09 Aug, 2021 05:05am

LONDON: British two-year gilt yields jumped to their highest since April 2020 on Friday and 10-year yields also rose...

British ‘Treasure Island’ tax havens face a tempest

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

LONDON: Britain's exotic network of "Treasure Island" tax havens could be facing the biggest threat to its existence...

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

Updated 17 May, 2021 05:25pm

The urgency stems from more than mere fairness: wherever the virus continues to circulate it could give rise to more contagious or more deadly variants that could wipe out any progress toward immunity.

Queen re-emerges to outline UK govt's new agenda

Published 11 May, 2021 10:47am

Those promises centre on a "levelling up" agenda to bring economic opportunity to left-behind parts of the country, as Johnson exploits his vaccine-boosted popularity to make further inroads into opposition Labour party strongholds.

France rejects British fishing demands as Brexit row deepens

Published 04 May, 2021 10:30am

8 On Friday, Britain authorised 41 ships equipped with Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) technology -- which allows ships to be located -- to fish in waters off the island of Jersey, which is a self-governing British Crown Dependency.

UK house prices record biggest monthly jump since 2004

Published 30 Apr, 2021 11:23am

House prices in April were 7.1% higher than a year earlier, up from a 5.7% annual rise in March and above expectations in a Reuters poll for price growth to slow to 5.0%.

French fishermen prepare to block UK trucks in Brexit protest

Published 23 Apr, 2021 10:49am

The UK had insisted it wanted to take back control of its waters while EU coastal states sought guarantees that their fleets could keep fishing in British waters.

EasyJet sees more flying from late May

Published 14 Apr, 2021 11:27am

For the six months ended in March, a period when flying has been severely curtailed by the pandemic.

Uber grants UK drivers worker status in world first

Published 17 Mar, 2021 10:50am

From Wednesday, "more than 70,000 drivers in the UK will be treated as workers, earning at least the national living wage when driving with Uber.

Rolls-Royce plunges to worse than expected $5.6bn loss

Published 11 Mar, 2021 12:36pm

That improvement depends on airlines flying 55% of 2019 levels during 2021. Rolls-Royce said its assumption is for travel to gradually improve this year, accelerating in the second-half as vaccine programmes progress.

Brexit clouds life in Spanish sun for British second home owners

Published 17 Feb, 2021 11:29am

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

U.S., E3 foreign ministers expected to discuss Iran soon

Published 04 Feb, 2021 11:24pm

The German and French foreign ministries, as well as the British embassy in Washington, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

UK's Hancock says confident South African variant can be contained

Published 03 Feb, 2021 02:33pm

"I'm confident that it can be," he told LBC radio on Wednesday, when asked about whether the variant could be contained.

BP plunges into $20.3bn annual loss on virus fallout

Published 02 Feb, 2021 02:52pm

The loss contrasted sharply with net profit of $4.0 billion in 2019, the British energy major said, adding that the oil sector had been "hit hard" by the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis.

British virus variant now in 50 countries: WHO

Published 13 Jan, 2021 05:07pm

The WHO said the new variants showed the importance of increasing diagnostic capacity and systematic sequencing of the virus.

Britain's Kingfisher lifts profit view as DIY booms in pandemic

Published 12 Jan, 2021 02:42pm

The pandemic has also boosted shopping online. Kingfisher highlighted e-commerce sales growth of over 150% in the quarter.

Singapore and Malaysia scrap high speed railway after delays

Published 01 Jan, 2021 11:26am

He had estimated the railway would cost Malaysia around 110 billion ringgit ($27 billion) in 2018.

Russia bars more British citizens from entry over Navalny sanctions

Published 30 Dec, 2020 02:39pm

In a statement announcing the move, the Russian foreign ministry did not name the individuals it has barred.

British PM Johnson to speak to EU chief as Brexit talks stall

Published 05 Dec, 2020 03:51pm

If the two sides fail to reach a deal, the five-year Brexit divorce will end messily just as Britain and Europe grapple with the vast economic cost of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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