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UK, France sign three-year deal to stop migrant crossings

Published 24 Apr, 2026 07:45am

LOON-PLAGE (France): Britain and France on Thursday signed a new three-year deal to stop undocumented migrants...

French government under pressure as lawmakers set to vote on wealth tax

Published 25 Oct, 2025 07:00pm

PARIS: French lawmakers were due on Saturday to vote on a wealth tax, after a swing group threatened to topple the...

Paris’ Louvre: Thieves steal priceless jewels in brazen daylight heist

Published 20 Oct, 2025 05:50am

PARIS: Thieves broke into Paris’ Louvre museum on Sunday, using a crane and smashing an upstairs window and...

French stocks jump to seven-month high after govt survives confidence vote

Published 17 Oct, 2025 08:08am

FRANKFURT: French stocks rose to a seven-month high on Thursday after the government survived a confidence vote,...

French government collapses in 14 hours, deepening political crisis

Published 06 Oct, 2025 09:02pm

PARIS: France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu...

French PM ousted in parliament confidence vote

Updated 08 Sep, 2025 10:55pm

PARIS: France’s parliament on Monday ousted the government of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou after just nine months...

French government felled in no-confidence vote, deepening political crisis

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 09:00am

PARIS: French lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote against the government on Wednesday, throwing the European...

Israeli booths, equipment barred from defence show in France

Published 17 Oct, 2024 07:38am

PARIS: Israeli delegations taking part in the major Euronaval defence show in France next month will not be ...

Twelve migrants die trying to cross Channel to UK

Updated 04 Sep, 2024 08:03am

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER (France): At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday trying to cross the...

Higher education in France: Efforts on to increase number of Pakistani students: envoy

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

KARACHI: The French government is making concerted efforts to significantly increase the number of Pakistani ...

France eyes spent uranium plant to bypass Russia: ministry

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:35am

PARIS: The French government has said it is “seriously” studying the option of building a plant to convert and...

French state hit by ‘intense’ cyberattack: PM’s office

Published 11 Mar, 2024 11:53pm

PARIS: Cyberattacks of “unprecedented intensity” have targeted several French government institutions just months...

Hamas hostage relatives call for international help in Paris

Published 31 Oct, 2023 11:48pm

PARIS: Relatives of those held hostage by Hamas on Tuesday called on French authorities and the international...

Thousands protest against French government's migration plans

Published 29 Apr, 2023 10:36pm

PARIS: Thousands of people, including many undocumented migrants, marched in Paris and other French towns on...

France's Macron promises government action plan in next 100 days

Published 17 Apr, 2023 11:45pm

PARIS: The French government will work out a coherent plan to get France back on its feet in the next 100 days and...

French unions rally supporters to the streets ahead of pension ruling

Published 13 Apr, 2023 11:16pm

PARIS: Union activists barged into the Paris headquarters of luxury goods company LVMH on Thursday, saying the ...

West African crude

Published 27 Jan, 2023 06:15am

LONDON: Offers for some varieties of West African crude climbed on Thursday on relatively high refining margins in...

Macron’s reputation on the line with pension reform push

Published 10 Jan, 2023 12:42pm

PARIS: The French government is set to announce its proposals for overhauling the pension system on Tuesday, in a...

France signals flexibility in face of pension reform resistance

Published 09 Jan, 2023 07:30am

PARIS: The French government said Tuesday it could be flexible on its plan to raise the retirement age to 65, part ...

French retirement age hike to 65 ‘not set in stone’: PM

Published 03 Jan, 2023 02:18pm

PARIS: The French government is prepared to show flexibility on a plan by President Emmanuel Macron to raise the...

French govt slashes unemployment benefits

Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am

PARIS: The French government said Monday that jobseekers would see the amount of time they can claim benefits cut by...

French govt to keep on cooperating with Punjab on tourism sites: envoy

Published 25 Oct, 2022 05:51am

LAHORE: French Ambassador Nicolas Galey said on Monday that the French government will continue to cooperate with ...

France will appoint LGBTQ ambassador to defend rights abroad

Published 05 Aug, 2022 08:03am

ORLÉANS, (France): The French government will create an ambassador’s post to promote LGBTQ rights across the...

US spy agency probes sabotage of satellite internet during Russian invasion: sources

Updated 13 Mar, 2022 06:43am

Western intelligence agencies are investigating a cyberattack by unidentified hackers that disrupted broadband...

Renault says it backs moratorium on deep-sea mining

Published 11 Feb, 2022 04:31am

JOHANNESBURG: French automaker Renault SA has backed a moratorium on deep-sea mining, the company told Reuters on...

France donates COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria under COVAX scheme

Published 15 Oct, 2021 12:57am

ABUJA: Nigeria has received 501,600 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from the French government through the...

French govt summons telecom chief over emergency line breakdown

Published 03 Jun, 2021 12:40pm

Problems were reported across the country from 6 pm, causing havoc for emergency services.

Rise in new COVID-19 cases in France slows sharply, hospitalizations decline

Published 05 May, 2021 11:49pm

Pressure on emergency wards also eased, with the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care down by 102 to 5,402 from a year-high of 6,0001 less than two weeks ago.

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.

Air France gets EU green light for 4bn euro aid

Updated 07 Apr, 2021 09:53am

PARIS: The EU authorised the French government on Tuesday to double its stake in Air France and inject up to four...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 11	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 11	278.35
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 12	160.25
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 12	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 12	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 12	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 11	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 11	7,394.30
Nasdaq / Jun 11	25,809.66
Dow Jones / Jun 11	50,848.75
India Sensex / Jun 12	74,528.22
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 12	66,442.95
Hang Seng / Jun 12	24,663.39
FTSE 100 / Jun 12	10,463.32
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 12	24,711.94
France CAC40 / Jun 12	8,379.29

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 11	369,422
Petrol/Litre / Jun 12	377.78
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 12	86.01
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 12	4,185.86
Diesel/Litre / Jun 12	380.78
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 12	76.89

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Arctic Textile / Jun 12 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jun 12 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	51.55 ▲ 4.69 (10.01%)
Zephyr Textile / Jun 12 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	20.45 ▲ 1.86 (10.01%)
AN Textile Mills / Jun 12 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	37.02 ▲ 3.37 (10.01%)
Elahi Cotton / Jun 12 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	285.76 ▲ 25.98 (10%)
National Silk / Jun 12 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	161.26 ▲ 14.66 (10%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jun 12 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	28.59 ▲ 2.6 (10%)
SPEL Ltd / Jun 12 SPEL Limited(SPEL)	49.94 ▲ 4.54 (10%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Jun 12 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	564.34 ▲ 51.3 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Jun 12 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	88.32 ▲ 8.03 (10%)

Stock	Price
Idrees Tex. / Jun 12 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	50.10 ▼ -5.57 (-10.01%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 12 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	121.46 ▼ -13.49 (-10%)
East West Ins. / Jun 12 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	47.80 ▼ -5.16 (-9.74%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jun 12 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	158 ▼ -12.1 (-7.11%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 12 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,367 ▼ -97.21 (-6.64%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jun 12 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	74.11 ▼ -4.84 (-6.13%)
Pak Qatar Gen.Takaful / Jun 12 Pak Qatar General Takaful Limited(PQGTL)	15.75 ▼ -1 (-5.97%)
Burshane LPG / Jun 12 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	58.99 ▼ -3.73 (-5.95%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jun 12 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	11.55 ▼ -0.73 (-5.94%)
Aisha Steel (CPS) / Jun 12 Aisha Steel Mills Limited (CPS)(ASLCPS)	66 ▼ -4 (-5.71%)

Stock	Volume
Sitara Petroleum Service / Jun 12 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	42,109,965 ▲ 1.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	41,393,352 ▲ 0.24
B.O.Punjab / Jun 12 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	37,184,359 ▲ 1.04
Oilboy Energy / Jun 12 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	28,736,928 ▼ -0.39
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	27,729,909 ▲ 0.02
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 12 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	26,796,774 ▲ 4.29
F. Nat.Equities / Jun 12 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	19,186,307 ▲ 0
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 12 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	19,009,278 ▲ 0.33
Waves Home Appliances / Jun 12 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	14,020,490 ▲ 0.3
Loads Limited / Jun 12 Loads Limited(LOADS)	12,916,300 ▲ 0.23

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