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‘Forced’ export of cars: Japan threatens to move WTO

ISLAMABAD: In a surprise move, Japanese government threatened Pakistan to take the case for forcing its three car...

Updated 08 Apr, 2024 09:55am

Markets

Brent oil futures rise towards $90 as supply risks intensify

LONDON: Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday, as investors mulled supply risks stemming from Ukrainian attacks on...

Updated 03 Apr, 2024 05:17pm

Markets

WTO says Australian duties on Chinese steel products were flawed

BERLIN/SYDNEY: A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has found that duties imposed by Australia in a steel products...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am

World

China vows to treat foreign firms equally amid industrial upgrade push

BEIJING: China pledged on Monday to treat foreign companies the same way as domestic peers in a bid to attract more...

Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am

World

WTO hits road block over advancing dispute reform talks

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization is struggling to find an ambassador to lead negotiations on fixing its hobbled...

Published 25 Mar, 2024 05:47am

World

WTO chief sees fisheries subsidies deal ratified before year’s end

ABUJA: The World Trade Organization’s director-general said on Wednesday she was hopeful a fisheries subsidies...

Published 21 Mar, 2024 05:22am

World

WTO talks end with no major win, throwing trade body into ‘crisis’

ABU DHABI: A high-level WTO conference ended Saturday with a temporary extension of an e-commerce moratorium but no...

Published 03 Mar, 2024 02:55am

Business & Finance

WTO talks deadline extended again with talks deadlocked

ABU DHABI: Negotiations at the World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi on Thursday were extended...

Published 01 Mar, 2024 02:59am

Business & Finance

India, US at loggerheads over WTO reform

ABU DHABI: A US-led push to reform the World Trade Organization’s embattled dispute settlement system sparked...

Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am

World

Saudi Arabia denies its minister met with Israeli counterpart

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia denied that a meeting had taken place between its commerce minister and his Israeli...

Published 28 Feb, 2024 06:10am

Business & Finance

WTO approves services trade rules, overcoming objections

ABU DHABI: The World Trade Organization Tuesday enshrined new rules facilitating trade in services between more than...

Published 28 Feb, 2024 06:10am

Business & Finance

WTO meeting seeks modest outcomes

ABU DHABI: Trade ministers from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a World Trade Organization...

Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am

World

Israeli industry minister meets Saudi counterpart at WTO talks in UAE

ABU DHABI: Israeli Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat met his Saudi counterpart on the sidelines of a World...

Published 26 Feb, 2024 12:46pm

Developing world: WTO launches $50m fund for female entrepreneurs

ABU DHABI: The director general of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Sunday launched a $50...

Updated 26 Feb, 2024 09:04am

Business & Finance

African countries urge WTO to save cotton sectors

ABU DHABI: African cotton-producing countries called Sunday for the WTO to find a solution to cotton trade...

Published 26 Feb, 2024 05:07am

Business & Finance

WTO chief insists global trade body still counts

GENEVA: The head of the World Trade Organization angrily insisted Friday the WTO was still relevant as it prepares...

Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am

Business & Finance

WTO ‘less optimistic’ for world trade due to Red Sea strikes

DAVOS, (Switzerland): The World Trade Organization’s chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday said she was “less...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am

FBR ‘revamp plan’: Will caretakers be able to deal with legislative issues?

ISLAMABAD: The proposed Customs Oversight Board and Inland Revenue Oversight Board each would comprise 10 members...

Updated 15 Jan, 2024 09:53am

Markets

Oil prices rise on Middle East tensions

LONDON: Oil prices rose on Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to visit the Middle East in an...

Updated 05 Jan, 2024 07:05pm

Editorials

Reaping the result of Dar’s stubbornness?

EDITORIAL: In a spirited defence of his signature policy to control the external value of the rupee, former...

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 04:27pm

Business & Finance

Kazakh envoy says huge potential exists for Pakistan’s textile industry

LAHORE: Yerzhan Kistafin, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, has said there is huge potential for...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am

Perspectives

Single Window Interoperability: where innovation meets economic diplomacy

For the uninitiated, a national single window (NSW) system allows traders and other economic operators to submit...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 11:51am

Business & Finance

Inflation, high rates and war crimp global trade: WTO

GENEVA: Global trade growth will be sharply lower than forecast this year as stubborn inflation, high interest rates...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

Opinion

BRICS success challenges the US-led dominance!

The world is witnessing seismic shifts across economic, geopolitical, and cultural lines, and the ongoing conflict...

Published 01 Oct, 2023 02:59am

World

China appeals WTO ruling over its retaliatory tariffs on US imports

GENEVA: China has appealed a World Trade Organization ruling faulting it over tariffs it has imposed on billions...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:37pm

World

Ukraine says filed lawsuit against EU neighbours over grain import ban

KYIV: Kyiv on Monday said it had filed lawsuits at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against its three EU ...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 10:23pm

Business & Finance

WTO warns of ‘first signs’ of trade de-globalisation

GENEVA: The de-globalisation of international trade is far from being a reality, but “the first signs of...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

World

US, India agree to resolve last outstanding WTO dispute

WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it has agreed with India to resolve their last outstanding dispute at the...

Published 08 Sep, 2023 10:44pm

World

WTO rules against China retaliatory tariffs on US imports

GENEVA: World Trade Organization experts ruled Wednesday that tariffs imposed by China on billions worth of US...

Published 16 Aug, 2023 08:59pm

Pakistan

PM appoints Ali Sarfraz Hussain as Pakistan’s envoy to WTO, Geneva

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in the dying days of his government, has reportedly appointed Ali Sarfraz...

Published 21 Jul, 2023 06:38am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 4	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 4	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 4	156.01
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 4	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 4	1.28
Euro to USD / Jun 4	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 3	5283.40
Nasdaq / Jun 3	16828.67
Dow Jones / Jun 3	38571.03
India Sensex / Jun 4	70382.44
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 4	38837.46
Hang Seng / Jun 4	18525.93
FTSE 100 / Jun 4	8215.10
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 4	18525.10

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 3	19935
Petrol/Litre / Jun 4	268.36
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 4	73.30
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 4	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 4	2346.95
Diesel/Litre / Jun 4	270.22

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 4 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 4 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 4 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 4 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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