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What's in the UK, EU post-Brexit trade pact

Brussels says "security cooperation can be suspended in case of violations by the UK of its commitment for continued adherence to the European Convention of Human Rights".

Published 31 Dec, 2020 08:57am

World

Brexit fog blurs horizon for anxious Breton fishermen

Also concerned about the annual renegotiation, she said: "We will be in doubt every year. Every single year we will have to wait for the agreements."

Published 31 Dec, 2020 08:54am

World

Post-Brexit borders to divide EU, UK citizens

Britons, for example, have long favoured Spain, France, Germany and Italy to set down new roots as workers or retirees.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 08:47am

World

EU and China to agree major investment deal

The pact boosts ties between two of the world's biggest economies.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 06:57pm

World

EU leaders sign Brexit deal as UK MPs debate ratification

Britain will leave the European single market and customs union at on Thursday, the end of a difficult year and of a post-Brexit transition period marked by intense and tortuous trade negotiations.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 06:41pm

World

Czechs approve squeezing extra dose from Pfizer vaccine vials

It said that the extra dose must be available in an individual vial, meaning that material from more vials cannot be mixed.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 03:16pm

World

EU chiefs sign post-Brexit trade deal agreed with Britain

The deal has been inked by EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel in a brief ceremony
The deal was reached more than four years after Britons voted by a slim margin in a referendum to leave the bloc

Published 30 Dec, 2020 02:05pm

World

Leaders to sign UK-EU deal as MPs face express debate

Under the EU deal, musicians are not covered by exemptions allowing for free passage of short-term business visitors, sparking warnings that continental tours by UK bands will become unviable.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 09:18am

World

US detects first case of coronavirus variant in Colorado

Fears have been raised by the new strain of Covid-19, which experts say is potentially more transmissible.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 08:45am

World

EU demands China release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan

Brussels also demanded the release of Yu Wensheng, a human rights lawyer jailed on December 13.

Published 29 Dec, 2020 06:12pm

World

Turkey, UK to sign free trade deal this week -Erdogan

The trading relationship was worth 18.6 billion pounds ($25.25 billion) in 2019.

Published 29 Dec, 2020 09:25am

World

EU-China investment deal likely this week - officials

“The talks are about to be concluded. It’s looking good. There are only some minor details left which need to be hammered out,” an EU official with knowledge of the talks told Reuters.

Published 29 Dec, 2020 09:18am

World

Brexit trade deal gets EU green light

Customs and regulatory controls on cross-Channel commerce will still come into effect on January 1 after Britain leaves the EU single market.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 08:11pm

World

Small delay in Pfizer vaccine deliveries to 8 EU nations: Spain

Spain is scheduled to received 350,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine per week over the next three months.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 05:58pm

World

EU says Pfizer to complete supply of first 200 million COVID shots to Europe by Sept

“Distribution of the full 200 million doses is scheduled to be completed by September 2021,” says EU spokesman.
Talks were underway to agree the delivery of a further 100 million additional doses which are optional under the contract sealed with the two companies.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 04:54pm

Markets

Swiss franc falls against euro on Brexit relief, dollar dips on US stimulus

The yuan crept up after China's central bank lifted its official guidance level to the highest in 30 months , to as high as 6.5280 against the dollar in the onshore market, but was last unchanged at 6.5408.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 03:15pm

Pakistan

Pakistan is a safe place for foreign tourists, says EU envoy

Pakistan is an amazing country with diversity in terms of weather, landscape, biodiversity and a rich cultural heritage
Many of the scenic parts in the country still remain unexplored and a huge tourism potential exists: Kaminara

Published 28 Dec, 2020 11:07am

Business & Finance

Britain says it will sign free trade deal with Turkey this week

"We now look forward to working with Turkey towards an ambitious tailor-made UK-Turkey trade agreement in the near future."

Published 28 Dec, 2020 10:48am

World

EU begins vaccinations to end Covid 'nightmare'

China, Russia, Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Serbia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia have also begun their vaccination campaigns.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 05:36pm

World

Trucker, fisherman, scientist... the voices of Brexit

"We had planned to spend longer periods in Greece," Williams says, but now they will only be able to spend a quarter of their time there.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:36am

World

EU readies vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads

Vaccinations in all 27 European Union countries will begin on Sunday, after regulators approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on December 21.

Published 26 Dec, 2020 05:32pm

Business & Finance

Aviation minister says Pakistan has removed all EU concerns regarding PIA

Sarwar said that PIA was adding eight new aircraft to its fleet.

Published 26 Dec, 2020 03:52pm

World

A Brexit trade deal at last: EU and UK clinch narrow accord

“Deal is done,” a Downing Street source said. “We have taken back control of our money, borders, laws, trade, and our fishing waters.”

Published 24 Dec, 2020 08:02pm

World

EU and UK poised for Christmas Brexit trade deal

Britain has been in a transition period since its formal departure from the now 27-member EU in January, still trading under EU laws.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 07:14pm

World

Pro-EU Maia Sandu sworn in as Moldova's president

On Wednesday, Ion Chicu announced his resignation, hours before parliament was due to consider a vote of no confidence in his government.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 05:45pm

World

First vaccines leave plant for EU rollout

Pfizer refused to say where in the EU the first deliveries were headed.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 07:22pm

World

EU starts to ease bans over UK virus strain; WHO to meet

The major British transit hub said it would reopen from midnight local time (2300 GMT) for travellers with a negative result.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 11:13am

World

Brussels recommends EU members lift UK travel bans

Several EU member states have imposed flight, train and ferry bans on UK arrivals since Britain announced the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 07:53pm

World

Russia announces travel bans against EU officials over Navalny

The Russian foreign ministry repeated claims that EU countries had refused to cooperate with Russia over a probe into the incident.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 06:26pm

World

BioNTech, Pfizer 'ready' to deliver vaccines across EU

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has proven to be 95 percent effective in global trials where two doses are injected three weeks apart.

Published 21 Dec, 2020 08:06pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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