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European Parliament closes Brexit saga with trade deal vote

BRUSSELS: The European Parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly ratified the EU’s post-Brexit trade deal with...

Updated 29 Apr, 2021 10:07am

World

Freedom of movement a 'sticking point' in EU-Swiss talks

"The sticking point of the disputes with the EU is the divergent interpretation of the free movement of persons," Cassis told reporters late Monday.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 04:10pm

World

France to provide ‘significant’ oxygen assistance to India

PARIS: France plans to offer India “significant” extra oxygen capacity in the coming days to help the country...

Updated 26 Apr, 2021 10:15am

World

EU says will 'respond rapidly' to assist Covid-hit India

"The EU is pooling resources to respond rapidly to India's request for assistance via the EU civil protection mechanism."

Published 25 Apr, 2021 06:30pm

Opinion

Europe’s Covid recovery fund starts to fall into place

Negotiations were difficult and the plan got off to a slow start, but Europe’s huge post-coronavirus recovery fund...

Published 25 Apr, 2021 03:13am

World

EU urges Swiss ‘compromise’ to break deal impasse

BRUSSELS: European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen called for “flexibility” as talks with Switzerland’s...

Published 24 Apr, 2021 03:21am

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

EU unveils AI rules to temper Big Brother fears

The bloc is trying to learn the lessons after largely missing out on the internet revolution and failing to produce any major competitors to match the giants of Silicon Valley or their Chinese counterparts.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 11:29am

World

EU to get 50m Pfizer doses early as Denmark scraps AZ

BRUSSELS: The EU said Wednesday it would get 50 million Pfizer vaccine doses earlier than expected, as rival...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 03:22am

World

Erdogan fires back at Draghi over ‘dictator’ comment

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday slammed Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi for ...

Updated 15 Apr, 2021 10:09am

World

EU's von der Leyen says EU to receive 50mn more Pfizer shots in Q2

Ursula von der Leyen said the earlier deliveries, which will start this month, will take total supplies to the EU from Pfizer to 250 million doses in the second quarter of this year.
She also confirmed the Commission was in talks with the two companies for a new contract for 1.8 billion doses to be delivered in 2022 and 2023, confirming a Reuters report last week.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 05:32pm

World

Turkey ‘deliberately’ snubbed EU Commission chief: France

PARIS: France’s Europe Minister Clement Beaune said Sunday that Turkey had set a “trap” for European ...

Updated 12 Apr, 2021 09:15am

World

Turkey and EU blame each other in ‘sofagate’ scandal

ISTANBUL: Turkey and the EU blamed each other on Thursday for seating arrangements that left European Commission...

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:21am

World

Turkey blames EU for 'sofagate' scandal

The well-appointed room which the three leaders entered had only two chairs arranged next to the corresponding EU and Turkish flags.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 05:26pm

World

EU lawmakers demand answers over Turkey 'sofagate' furore

It all centred on an awkward moment at the start of talks between von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 05:16pm

World

EU commission head taken aback as Erdogan and her colleague snap up the chairs

Mamer said von der Leyen decided not to make "an issue out of it" and in the conversation brought up women's rights and the Istanbul Convention on violence against women, from which Turkey withdrew last month.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 12:41pm

World

Turkey’s chair snub riles EU chief as she defends women’s rights

BRUSSELS: The European Commission hit out Wednesday after its chief Ursula von der Leyen was left without a chair as...

Updated 08 Apr, 2021 09:12am

World

EU says Turkey should 'urgently' resume accepting migrants from Greece

LESBOS ISLAND, (Greece): The European Union said on Monday that Turkey must "urgently" resume accepting migrants ...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

World

EU presidents to go to Turkey next week, spokesman says

Turkey, an EU candidate country, last held a formal summit with the two EU chiefs in March 2020, when Erdogan met Michel and von der Leyen in Ankara.
Both sides also aim to agree billions of euros in fresh EU support for Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 06:28pm

Business & Finance

Sterling strengthens

LONDON: The pound strengthened on Friday, even after European leaders stepped up warnings about limiting vaccine...

Published 27 Mar, 2021 05:41am

World

Vaccine deliveries for poor nations delayed, as EU tackles shortfall

• India slows vital vaccine exports as cases soar BRUSSELS: A co-founder of the global scheme to provide vaccines...

Updated 26 Mar, 2021 09:31am

World

Blinken offers shared vision to US allies in U-turn on Trump

BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday vowed a new approach to work closer with allies,...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

World

UK warns EU vaccine export ban would be 'counter-productive'

The country administered a record 711,156 vaccinations in a single day on Friday.

Published 21 Mar, 2021 07:54pm

World

EU's von der Leyen considers visiting Turkey as ties defrost

The EU threatened Ankara with sanctions last year after a flare-up in a decades-old dispute between Turkey and Greece over maritime jurisdiction and energy resources in the Mediterranean.
We underlined the importance of sustained de-escalation and of further strengthening confidence building to allow for a more positive EU-Turkey agenda.

Published 19 Mar, 2021 08:52pm

World

EU insists on course to vaccinate 70pc of adults by end summer

The bloc can also "rely on" getting 200 million doses from BioNtech/Pfizer and another 35 million doses from Moderna during that period, she said.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 09:19pm

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

EU threatens tougher vaccine export curbs in dispute with UK, US

"If this situation does not change, we will have to reflect on how to make exports to vaccine-producing countries dependent on their level of openness," EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told a news conference.
"We are ready to use whatever tools we need to deliver on that," von der Leyen said.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 05:42pm

World

EU secures quicker delivery of Pfizer vaccines

Brussels has set itself a target of providing enough coronavirus vaccines to offer jabs to 70 percent of adults in the bloc by the end of summer.

Published 16 Mar, 2021 05:13pm

World

EU approves Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine

The EU has so far approved three vaccines -- Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-Oxford. Three other vaccines are under "rolling review" by the Amsterdam-based EMA -- Novavax, CureVac and Russia's Sputnik.

Published 12 Mar, 2021 10:12am

World

EU to get four million extra Pfizer doses for 'hotspots'

She said they would go to "tackle aggressive variants of the virus and to improve the situation in hotspots".

Published 10 Mar, 2021 05:18pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 10	278.14
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 10	277.97
USD to Japanese Yen / May 10	155.78
USD to Swiss Franc / May 10	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 10	1.25
Euro to USD / May 10	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 10	5222.68
India Sensex / May 10	72664.47
Tokyo Nikkei / May 10	38229.11
Nasdaq / May 10	16340.87
Hang Seng / May 10	18963.68
FTSE 100 / May 10	8433.76
Dow Jones / May 10	39512.84
Germany DAX 30 / May 10	18772.85

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 10	78.26
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 10	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 10	205075
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 10	2360.50
Cotton US¢/pound / May 10	77.31
Petrol/Litre / May 11	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 11 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 11 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 11 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 11 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 11 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 11 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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