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EU pauses legal action against Britain over N Ireland trade

BRUSSELS: EU said Thursday it was pausing its legal action against Britain for allegedly breaching the Brexit deal ...

Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:10am

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UK PM reverses plan to skip quarantine after Covid-19 exposure

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with...

Published 19 Jul, 2021 06:17am

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UK PM Johnson says vaccines helping to break the COVID link to deaths

"We wanted a bit more time to see the evidence that our vaccines have helped to break the link between disease and death," Johnson said at a news conference.

Published 06 Jul, 2021 12:12am

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COVID legal restrictions, including for face masks, will end: UK's Johnson

"We will move away from legal restrictions and allow people to make their own informed decisions about how to manage the virus," Johnson said in a Downing Street news conference.

Updated 06 Jul, 2021 12:12am

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UK PM Johnson: don't get 'demob happy' yet

"I didn't want people to feel that this is, as it were the moment to get demob happy... it is very far from the end of dealing with this virus," Johnson said at a news conference.

Published 05 Jul, 2021 11:01pm

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UK's Johnson set to announce delay to end of COVID restrictions

Foreign minister Dominic Raab said the critical issue was data on the link between transmission of the virus and hospitalisations.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 01:07pm

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UK's Johnson wants G7 'Marshall plan' on climate: The Times

But the British finance ministry is so far resistant to giving new money for the plan before the autumn spending review, The Times reported.

Published 08 Jun, 2021 11:24am

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UK's Johnson says need to wait for data on June reopening

Johnson has previously warned that the swift spread of the B.1.617.2 variant of concern first identified in India could derail his plans to end England's COVID restrictions on June 21.
"I can see nothing in the data at the moment that means we can't go ahead with step four, or the opening up on June 21st, but we've got to be so cautious."

Updated 02 Jun, 2021 06:57pm

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UK PM Johnson married fiancée in secret ceremony on Saturday

The Prime Minister and Ms Symonds were married yesterday afternoon in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral.

Published 30 May, 2021 01:53pm

UK PM offers ‘qualified’ apology for remarks on Islam

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a qualified apology for offence caused by his past remarks about...

Published 26 May, 2021 03:45am

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Boris Johnson sets wedding date: report

The couple have sent "save the date" cards for July 30 next year, The Sun reported.

Published 24 May, 2021 03:30pm

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UK health service under pressure despite pandemic promises

The number of doctors -- 2.8 per 1,000 people -- is also "well below EU averages", while Britain has the second-lowest number of hospital beds in Europe.

Updated 16 May, 2021 05:10pm

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UK PM Johnson denies saying 'let the bodies pile high'

Daily Mail: Johnson said 'let the bodies pile high'.
Johnson says he did not say this.
PM faces barrage of allegations in newspapers.
Former adviser says Johnson was incompetent.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 05:53pm

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UK denies report that PM Johnson said 'let the bodies pile high'

The Daily Mail newspaper said Johnson said at an October meeting at Downing Street: "No more ****ing lockdowns - let the bodies pile high in their thousands."

Published 26 Apr, 2021 01:05pm

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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

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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

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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

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UK PM condemns new unrest in English city of Bristol

In the northern city of Manchester, police arrested 18 people who had blocked tram lines after the bulk of other protesters had left peacefully.

Updated 28 Mar, 2021 05:33pm

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UK's Johnson criticises 'disgraceful' attacks on police at protest

Local police said bricks, glass bottles and eggs were thrown at police late on Friday evening after a protest on Friday afternoon turned sour in the late evening.
Bristol has been a centre of protests against a government bill going through parliament that would give police new powers to restrict street protests.

Published 27 Mar, 2021 06:22pm

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UK's Johnson says he admires the Queen, declines to comment on accusations

"I've always had the highest admiration for the Queen and the unifying role that she plays in our country and across the Commonwealth," he told.
"As for the rest, all other matters to do with the royal family, I've spent a long time now not commenting on royal family matters and I don't intend to depart from that today."

Updated 08 Mar, 2021 10:17pm

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UK PM sets out cautious approach to easing England's COVID lockdown

Johnson announces roadmap out of lockdown.
Schools in England to reopen from March 8.
UK has 5th worst COVID death toll in world.
Speedy vaccine roll-out key to lockdown easing.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 09:24pm

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UK PM Johnson says: lockdown exit will be sensible to avoid 'reverse ferret'

"That's the data we're having to look at and really work out what is going on," Johnson said.
"What people don't want to see is you know just being forced into reverse - we don't want to do you know a reverse ferret - let's take it at the right pace," he said.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 05:40pm

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UK 's Johnson optimistic COVID lockdown can be eased soon

The government says it is on track to have offered an injection by Monday to everyone who is aged 70 and over.
I'm optimistic, I won't hide it from you, I'm optimistic, but we have to be cautious.

Published 13 Feb, 2021 07:48pm

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UK's Johnson defends ‘proportional’ border policy to stem COVID spread

Under new border restrictions, people arriving from countries where coronavirus variants are spreading will have to pay for 10 days of quarantine in hotels.
I think this policy is measured, it is proportional. It is getting tougher from Monday.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 05:55pm

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Get used to idea of re-vaccinating against COVID, UK PM Johnson says

"I think we will have to get used to the idea of vaccinating and revaccinating in the autumn as we come to face these new variants," Johnson told parliament.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 05:44pm

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Vaccinations of care home residents to be completed by month-end, says UK PM

"Clearly we've got a problem there again, that's why we are working flat out to vaccinate care home workers and care home residents,"

Published 16 Jan, 2021 12:57am

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UK PM Johnson ‘more and more obsessed’ about climate change action

"I'm becoming more and more obsessed with what we can do," Johnson said, adding that the green agenda provided an opportunity to aid economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 12:10am

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On Capitol violence, UK's Johnson says President Trump 'completely wrong'

"And I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol."

Published 07 Jan, 2021 11:52pm

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British PM Johnson says England's lockdown will be slowly unwrapped

Gradual unwrapping of lockdown.
Johnson defends decision on schools.
Criticism of decisions in Conservatives.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 07:12pm

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UK PM Johnson plans COVID-19 testing for overseas visitors

"We will be bringing in measures to ensure that we test people coming into this country and prevent the virus from being re-admitted," Johnson told a press conference.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:51am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 8	278.28
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 8	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 8	155.25
USD to Swiss Franc / May 8	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 8	1.25
Euro to USD / May 8	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 7	5187.70
Nasdaq / May 7	16332.56
Dow Jones / May 7	38884.26
India Sensex / May 8	73566.30
Tokyo Nikkei / May 8	38202.37
Hang Seng / May 8	18325.35
FTSE 100 / May 8	8354.28
Germany DAX 30 / May 8	18528.77

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 7	19935
Petrol/Litre / May 8	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 8	77.89
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 8	205075
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 8	2314.41
Diesel/Litre / May 8	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 8 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 8 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 8 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 8 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 8 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 8 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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