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UK

"Choice of countries is based on science or foreign policy?" Umar questions UK's decision to add Pakistan on ‘red list’

"The recent decision by UK govt to add some countries including Pakistan on the red list raises a legitimate question whether choice of countries is based on science or foreign policy," Umar tweeted.

Published 03 Apr, 2021 02:51pm

Business & Finance

Half of UK firms expect long-term post-Brexit disruption - survey

A trade agreement between London and Brussels which came into force on Jan. 1 has meant some companies have had to deal with new bureaucracy and rules.

Published 03 Apr, 2021 10:44am

World

UK imposes more sanctions on Myanmar military-linked interests

After seizing power in February from a civilian government, Myanmar's military has regained control of state companies.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:21pm

Pakistan

USA, UK, China top three destinations of Pakistani exports in 8 months

Total exports to the USA during July-February (2020-21) were recorded at US $ 3082.199 million against the exports of US $ 2755.188 million during July-February (2019-20).

Published 30 Mar, 2021 08:09pm

World

Portugal extends Brazil and UK flight suspension

The country was put under a second lockdown in mid-January before registering a record one-day rate of 16,500 new infections on January 28.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 04:38pm

World

Washington condemns China's 'baseless sanctions' against US officials over Xinjiang: Blinken

Blinken called the sanctions on the two members of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom "baseless."

Updated 28 Mar, 2021 05:33pm

World

US, UK sanction Myanmar junta companies as crackdown continues

Washington announced it was also imposing sanctions on Myanmar Economic Corporation Limited (MEC).

Published 25 Mar, 2021 08:42pm

World

UK to announce biggest asylum overhaul 'in decades'

Roughly 8,500 people arrived in Britain having made the perilous crossing of the Channel in small boats last year.

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:23pm

World

UK inflation in shock fall, soothing market fears

In the UK, clothing and footwear saw the sharpest price falls in more than a decade, down 5.6 percent in the year to February.

Published 24 Mar, 2021 04:26pm

World

UK, EU and Norway agree deal on fishing quotas

OSLO: The EU, the UK and Norway have signed an accord on fishing quotas in the North Sea, the first such deal post...

Published 17 Mar, 2021 04:45am

World

UK to unveil post-Brexit foreign policy overhaul

Dominic Raab refused to comment directly but said the stockpile was the "ultimate insurance policy" against threats from hostile states.

Published 16 Mar, 2021 05:32pm

World

Ireland latest country to suspend AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Ireland became the latest country to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday, temporarily suspending the shot “out of an abundance of caution” after reports from Norway of serious blood clotting in some recipients there. Denmark, Norway and Iceland have suspended the use of the vaccine over clotting issues, while Thailand became the first country outside of Europe to do so on Friday, delaying its AstraZeneca rollout over the safety concerns in Europe

Published 15 Mar, 2021 09:49am

World

Portugal to quarantine passengers on indirect flights from UK, Brazil

Direct commercial or private flights to and from Britain and Brazil have been banned since January to limit the spread of COVID-19 variants.

Published 06 Mar, 2021 06:00pm

World

UK faces difficult post-Brexit era under 'lying' PM: French ex-envoy

She said Britain's much touted "special relationship" with the United States "is above all special for the British" rather than the United States.

Published 06 Mar, 2021 04:49pm

World

UK female board members up by half in five years

LONDON: The number of women on the boards of Britain’s top 350 listed companies has jumped by 50 percent in five...

Published 25 Feb, 2021 04:58am

World

FDA Analysis of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Finds It Safe, Effective

The FDA review noted that an international study of about 40,000 people, half of whom got the vaccine and half of whom got a placebo, found the company's vaccine to be 66% effective overall in preventing moderate to severe COVID-19 disease.
The agency also said the vaccine has a "favorable safety profile" and that there were "no specific safety concerns identified that would preclude issuance of an EUA.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 07:29pm

Business & Finance

UK agrees more time for EU to ratify post-Brexit pact

BRUSSELS: The UK government agreed Tuesday to allow the European Union more time to formally ratify the post-Brexit...

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 09:38am

Business & Finance

UK unemployment edges up

LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate edged up to 5.1 percent in the final quarter of 2020, official data showed on...

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 09:38am

World

G7 'firmly condemn' Myanmar military attacks on protesters

Myanmar's military leaders are facing renewed pressure at home and abroad after gradually ratcheting up their use of force against a massive and largely peaceful civil disobedience campaign against their coup.

Updated 23 Feb, 2021 01:53pm

World

Myanmar generals under sanctions pressure

"We will be waiting for the EU sanctions announcement" on Monday, said Thinzar Shunlei Yi, one of the main activists who kicked off an online "Civil Disobedience Movement" campaign which has spilled onto the streets.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 09:46am

World

UK universities report 40% drop in EU applicants post-Brexit

Statistics released by the British government's Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS) have revealed that the number of EU citizens applying to study in the United Kingdom has dropped by 40% since Brexit.

Updated 18 Feb, 2021 09:32pm

Pakistan

Bid to smuggle high quality heroin foiled

KARACHI: The staff of Drug Enforcement Cell (DEC) of Model Customs Collectorate (MCC), Airport on Wednesday foiled ...

Updated 18 Feb, 2021 09:32am

World

New Zealand's largest city enters lockdown as UK variant found

Ardern's office meanwhile announced that the first batch of coronavirus vaccines arrived in New Zealand on Monday.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 05:30pm

World

UK rolls out hotel quarantine for 'high risk' country returnees

It has vaccinated 15 million of the most vulnerable people with a first jab, and is looking to inoculate all over-50s by May.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 05:06pm

World

City of London pays early price of hard Brexit

Mark Simpson, an expert on financial services at the law firm Baker & McKenzie, agreed that by the metric of job losses, London did not need to panic yet.

Updated 14 Feb, 2021 05:13pm

World

British-Pakistani lawyer Karim Khan elected chief prosecutor at ICC

The British lawyer won the votes of 72 out of 123 countries.
He will begin his nine-year term on June 16.

Published 13 Feb, 2021 10:30am

World

Biden administration plans to continue to seek extradition of WikiLeaks' Assange: official

Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi on Tuesday said the U.S. government will continue to challenge a British judge’s ruling last month that Assange should not be extradited to the United States because of the risk he would commit suicide.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 11:46am

Opinion

New dual nationality politicians

According to press reports, the government is introducing the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament that...

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:12am

Pakistan

Govt pursuing UK for return of Nawaz: Shahzad

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Accountability, Barrister Shahzad Akbar on Sunday said that incumbent...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

World

China accuses UK of 'prejudice' in revoking CGTN licence

BEIJING: China on Friday accused Britain of "ideological prejudice" in revoking the licence of Chinese state...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	158.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
India Sensex / Apr 26	73730.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17651.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2337.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	80.90
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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