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EU urges ‘big move’ from Britain to break post-Brexit stalemate

LONDON: European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic urged Britain on Sunday to make a “big move” to break...

Published 22 Nov, 2021 05:31am

Opinion

EU exchanges to be made to share trading data to compete with UK

European Union stock exchanges will be forced to hand over data on market transactions on a single “tape” for...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

World

EU says no Iran nuclear deal talks in Brussels Thursday

LUXEMBOURG: The EU will not hold talks in Brussels on Thursday with Iran on restarting negotiations over the nuclear...

Published 18 Oct, 2021 06:41pm

World

Kabul evacuation flight arrives in Belgium

Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes said Sunday that Belgium's Operation Red Kite has already brought 400 people from Kabul's airport

Published 23 Aug, 2021 12:50pm

World

EU seeks two-month delay in talks on Hungary recovery plan

Reynders cited systemic problems with the rule of law in Hungary, adding that the Commission was ready to use all tools to protect democracy, including the suspension of EU funds

Published 23 Jul, 2021 12:08pm

World

Brussels slams Hungary and Poland in rule of law report

BRUSSELS: The European Commission sounded alarm over judicial independence, media freedom and anti-graft efforts in...

Published 21 Jul, 2021 01:51am

Business & Finance

Boom or bust as Spain, Italy get biggest slice of EU fund

The pressure on Rome is enormous, Altomonte noted

Published 25 Jun, 2021 11:30am

World

Brussels eyes extra 5.7bn euros for Syrian refugees

Under the European Commission plan, 3.5 billion euros would be provided to Turkey from 2021 to 2024 and the remaining 2.2 billion would go mainly to Lebanon and Jordan.

Published 23 Jun, 2021 05:51pm

World

Biden rallies NATO against 'new challenges' from Russia, China

"We have Russia that is not acting in a way that is consistent with what we had hoped, as well as China," he said.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 04:47pm

World

UK urges EU 'flexibility' for post-Brexit Northern Ireland trade

The Telegraph said the threat raised the spectre of a "sausage trade war" if Northern Irish shops were banned from selling British meat produce.

Published 09 Jun, 2021 10:30am

World

European Parliament to wave through Brexit trade deal

"I assume that the agreement will be ratified almost unanimously," said German MEP Bernd Lange, who heads the parliament's trade committee.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:34am

Business & Finance

Swiss-EU deal: Live or let die?

But ahead of Swiss President Guy Parmelin's meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Bern has kept its cards close to its chest on what approach it plans to take.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 11:12am

World

Georgia ruling party, opposition sign EU-led pact to end crisis

Michel said he would discuss with Georgian political leaders joint steps aimed at strengthening the ties between Brussels and the EU-aspirant nation in Europe's extreme southeast.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 10:50am

World

EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry

It added that Brussels would rather focus on COVID-19 vaccines using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, such as Pfizer's and Moderna's.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 11:29am

World

Blinken heads back to Brussels as Afghanistan decision looms

Joe Biden has promised to go ahead and end America's longest war within the year but has said that the May 1 deadline is not realistic.

Published 12 Apr, 2021 04:59pm

World

World urged to donate to Syria after decade of war

Various platforms for discussion will be held online on Monday and the main donors' round will take place on Tuesday, with the final sum known at the end of the day.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 09:36am

World

EU chief threatens UK with vaccine export curbs

The EU has already set up special oversight of vaccine exports in which manufacturers contracted to supply Europe must declare if they intend to export doses outside the bloc.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 09:08pm

World

John Kerry calls for US and EU to renew climate effort

The US envoy was to sit down with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and her top team.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 08:06pm

World

‘We never sulk, we don't have moods’, Brussels tells London

David Frost wrote in British newspaper the Sunday Telegraph that the European Union should shake off its ill-will and build a good relationship with Britain as sovereign equals.
We never sulk, we don't have moods. We are an institution so we try to work on a day-to-day basis with a very, very even temper.

Published 08 Mar, 2021 07:12pm

World

Brussels wants EU deficit rules suspended until 2023

The EU executive suspended the rules a year ago as the European Union sank into its deepest recession since World War II.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:06pm

World

EU leaders debate push to boost defences

The alliance with North America, which includes 21 EU members, has been the bedrock for European security since it was founded over seven decades ago to confront the Soviet Union.

Published 26 Feb, 2021 10:40am

World

Brussels okays EU-UK personal data flows

BRUSSELS: The European Commission lifted the threat of crucial data flows between Europe and Britain being blocked ...

Published 20 Feb, 2021 04:52am

Business & Finance

More 'Brexit' companies shift to the Netherlands as uncertainty persists

The agency said 78 "Brexit" companies moved to the Netherlands last year, the same number as in 2019 lifting the total since the 2016 Brexit referendum to 218.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 11:47am

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

US says too early to accept Iran proposal on reviving nuclear deal

The Biden administration said it broadly shares worries about Iran, and said Tuesday it was "concerned" about the clerical regime's latest launch of a satellite-carrying rocket.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 09:41am

World

Brussels police block anti-lockdown demos

BRUSSELS: Police in the Belgian capital said Sunday they detained scores of people to prevent banned demonstrations...

Updated 01 Feb, 2021 09:06am

World

NATO prepares first summit with US President Biden

The next NATO summit is due to take place in Brussels, seat of the alliance, but timing depends on fighting the pandemic.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 11:49am

World

Facing Biden, Erdogan extends olive branch to EU

Analyst Toygur said she did not think any specific action could provide a "demonstration of goodwill" from Erodgan.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 10:26am

World

EU vows to 'redouble efforts' to save Iran nuclear deal

"We will redouble our efforts to preserve the agreement and return to its full implementation by all parties," Stano said.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 07:50pm

World

Belgian judges to decide on trial for attack suspects

Another alleged member of the cross-border extremis network, Oussama Atar, is thought to have died in Syria since the Paris and Brussels attacks and could be judged in absentia.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 12:10pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 17	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 17	277.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 17	154.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 17	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 17	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5022.21
India Sensex / Apr 17	72943.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 17	37961.80
Nasdaq / Apr 17	15683.37
Hang Seng / Apr 17	16251.84
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	7847.99
Dow Jones / Apr 17	37735.31
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	17770.02

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 16	21735
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 17	82.84
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	215964
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 17	2366.21
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 17	81.33
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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