News Archives for World - 2019-06-18

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North America

Trump says immigration roundup will start next week

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump repeated on Tuesday that immigration authorities would next week target migran

Published 18 Jun, 2019 10:52pm

Middle East

Syria clashes kill 55 fighters: monitor

BEIRUT: Clashes between pro-government forces and jihadist-led groups that control Syria's northwest killed at least

Published 18 Jun, 2019 10:21pm

North America

Pompeo: US President Trump does not want war with Iran

WASHINGTON: The United States will maintain its pressure campaign on Iran and continue to deter aggression in the re

Published 18 Jun, 2019 09:56pm

North America

Shanahan pulls out of Pentagon job as domestic violence reports emerge

WASHINGTON: Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Tuesday he had withdrawn from consideration to head th

Published 18 Jun, 2019 09:19pm

Europe

Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson advances on Britain's top job

LONDON: Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson took a step closer to becoming Britain's next prime minister on Tuesday, wi

Published 18 Jun, 2019 09:12pm

North America

Canada's Trudeau mending fences with Trump as election fight looms

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will seek to further mend fences when he meets Donald Trump in Washin

Published 18 Jun, 2019 09:03pm

Africa

Kenyan parliament committee proposes nationalisation of Kenya Airways

NAIROBI: A Kenyan parliamentary committee on Tuesday recommended the nationalisation of loss-making Kenya Airways as par

Published 18 Jun, 2019 04:46pm

World

Swiss regulator says in contact with initiators of Facebook's Libra

Switzerland's financial regulator FINMA said on Tuesday that it is in contact with the "initiators" of Libra, Facebook's

Published 18 Jun, 2019 04:00pm

Asia

Sri Lanka policeman defies president to testify at attack probe

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan police officer on Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamenta

Published 18 Jun, 2019 03:56pm

Europe

'Invisible pandemic': WHO offers global plan to fight superbugs

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global campaign Tuesday to curb the spread of antibiotic resistan

Published 18 Jun, 2019 03:55pm

North America

Trump says attacks on oil tankers 'very minor'

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump downplayed recent attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman that Washington blames o

Published 18 Jun, 2019 03:53pm

Asia

Japan issues tsunami advisory following quake

TOKYO: Japan issued a tsunami advisory Tuesday after a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit the country but there were no

Published 18 Jun, 2019 03:52pm

Europe

Erdogan attends prayers for Egypt's ex-president Morsi

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday attended an Istanbul prayer service for former Egyptian lead

Published 18 Jun, 2019 03:46pm

North America

Mexico president floats idea of recall referendum in March 2021

MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday proposed holding a recall referendum on his presid

Published 18 Jun, 2019 03:33pm

Europe

Italy must contain deficit by reducing spending

LONDON: Italy must contain its budget deficit by keeping spending under control, Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said on

Published 18 Jun, 2019 03:20pm

Europe

Greek Jan-May primary budget surplus at 918mn euros, beats target

ATHENS: Greece's central government achieved a primary budget surplus of 918 million euros ($1.03 billion) in the first

Published 18 Jun, 2019 03:08pm

Africa

South Africa's Ramaphosa to announce more support for Eskom

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce more measures to support power utility Eskom, his o

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:57pm

North America

Trump says will meet with China's Xi, trade talks set to restart

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:40pm

World

Poland's higher inflation raises prospects for rate hike

WARSAW: Higher inflation in Poland brings forward the possible timing of interest rate increases, although hikes appear

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:34pm

Asia

Read all about it: Xi visit on Pyongyang front pages - just

PYONGYANG: Chinese President Xi Jinping's forthcoming visit to North Korea this week was in the news in Pyongyang Tuesda

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:30pm

Asia

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes off coast of Japan: USGS

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck off the coast of Japan on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:29pm

Asia

China's Xi has phone call with Trump: Chinese state media

SINGAPORE: China's President Xi Jinping held a phone call with his US counterpart Donald Trump, Chinese state media said

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:19pm

Asia

Death toll in Indonesia ferry sinking rises to 18

JAKARTA: The death toll from an Indonesian ferry sinking has risen to 18, authorities said Tuesday, the latest maritime

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:16pm

Africa

Two Mozambican guards killed in border incident with South African military

MAPUTO: Two Mozambican police border guards died on Sunday after an incident involving gunfire with the South African mi

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:14pm

Asia

China earthquake kills 12, injures 134

BEIJING: The toll from a strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China rose to 12 dead and 134 injured on Tuesday a

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:11pm

Europe

Hundreds of thousands flee violence in northeast DR Congo: UN

GENEVA: Hundreds of thousands of people have fled inter-ethnic violence in northeastern areas of the Democratic Republic

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:07pm

Africa

DR Congo's army moves in to dislodge illegal miners

LUBUMBASHI: Democratic Republic of Congo's army has sent a battalion of troops to oust illegal miners from land worked b

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:02pm

World

Trump blasts comments by ECB's Draghi, cites unfair competition

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump criticized European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's comments earlier on Tues

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:02pm

Europe

Russia says too early to decide on future of global oil deal

MOSCOW: Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday it was too early to make any decisions about the future

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:01pm

Middle East

Iran says CIA spy network dismantled

TEHRAN: Iran said Tuesday it has dismantled a new espionage network linked to the US Central Intelligence Agency and arr

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:00pm

Asia

Sri Lanka's Q1 economy picks up to 3.5pc - finmin

COLOMBO: Growth in Sri Lanka's economy picked up to 3.5% in the first quarter from 1.8% in the previous three-month peri

Published 18 Jun, 2019 02:00pm

Europe

Putin knows we want Ukraine gas transit to continue, says Merkel

BERLIN: Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed that he is aware of Germany's demand that Ukraine continues to tra

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:58pm

Asia

Philippine Airlines president Bautista to retire end-June

MANILA: Philippine Airlines President Jaime Bautista is set to retire at the end of this month, with the daughter of own

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:57pm

Europe

French rift likely to impede EU jobs deal this week

LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS/BERLIN: European Union leaders are unlikely to agree on names for the bloc's top jobs when they meet

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:56pm

North America

Trump promises 'wild' campaign launch rally

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump promised a "wild" 2020 campaign launch rally in Florida on Tuesday, even if dismal ea

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:54pm

Middle East

Egypt's former president Morsi quietly buried in Cairo

CAIRO: Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was buried Tuesday, as calls mounted for an independ

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:52pm

Asia

HK leader apologises for extradition crisis, vows to stay on

HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologised Tuesday for the political unrest that has shaken Hong Kong, but the pr

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:50pm

World

Japanese insurers wait for cheaper dollar as US rate-cut pressure builds

TOKYO: Japan's life insurers are holding out for the possibility that the Federal Reserve's first rate cut in more than

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:49pm

Europe

Italy's Di Maio says bond fears should not silence talk of tax cuts

ROME: Italy's government will act prudently over public finances but it wants to be able to talk about tax cuts even if

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:46pm

Europe

EU top court rules German motorway toll illegal

LUXEMBOURG: A hotly-contested German road toll that targets foreigners is in violation of EU law, the bloc's highest cou

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:46pm

Europe

Turkey says US ultimatum over S-400 'not in spirit of alliance'

ANKARA: Turkey on Tuesday accused the US of not acting as an ally in its official response to Washington's ultimatum to

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:45pm

Europe

France sees over 3bn euros in savings from tighter jobless benefits

PARIS: A planned overhaul of France's unemployment insurance system should save 3.4 billion euros ($3.8 billion) by 2021

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:41pm

Asia

UN gives Myanmar aid cut warning over Rohingya camp closures

YANGON: The UN has warned it will pare back aid to thousands of Rohingya Muslims left destitute as Myanmar's government

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:41pm

Europe

Cyprus expects 'stronger' EU stand on Turkey's drilling

NICOSIA: Cyprus said Tuesday it expects the European Union to adopt a firmer stance over Turkey's bid to drill for oil a

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:40pm

Europe

EU nations receive mixed scorecard on climate goals

BRUSSELS: The European Union called on its members to accelerate efforts to meet 2030, climate goals after a review show

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:39pm

Europe

Chair of UK detention panel calls for Morsi probe

LONDON: A British lawmaker who led a review last year of the detention of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi said

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:39pm

Europe

EU court ruling rejecting German road toll is surprising: car lobby

BERLIN: The EU top court ruling that a planned German highway toll breaches EU law is surprising, Germany's VDA car indu

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:37pm

Europe

Can Turkey crawl back from the economic brink?

ISTANBUL: Hizir Albayrak began work in a tiny children's store in the Istanbul bazaar 25 years ago, in the same year tha

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:35pm

Asia

Everest summits smash records amid deadly bottlenecks

KATHMANDU: A record 885 people climbed Everest in May this year, figures showed Tuesday, capping a deadly traffic-clogge

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:33pm

Europe

Merkel says she's 'fine' after trembling spell

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed concerns about her health after visibly trembling at an official cerem

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:31pm

Europe

Man who 'milkshaked' Farage gets community service

LONDON: A man who threw a milkshake at Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage was on Tuesday ordered to carry out 150 hours of

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:28pm

Africa

Deadly crackdown on Sudan sit-in haunts protesters

KHARTOUM: It was the crack of dawn when armed men in pick-up trucks stormed into a Khartoum protest camp, shooting and b

Published 18 Jun, 2019 01:26pm

World

German investor confidence crashes as global tensions mount

BERLIN: Confidence among German investors plunged in June, a closely-watched survey showed Tuesday, amid rising Middle E

Published 18 Jun, 2019 11:20am

World

Turkish industrial output down 4% in April, slides more than forecast

ISTANBUL: Turkish industrial production fell a greater-than-expected 4.0% year-on-year in April, the Turkish Statistical

Published 18 Jun, 2019 09:58am

World

Carrefour franchisee to open first Ugandan store

NAIROBI: Carrefour will open its first store in Uganda this year, expanding in the region after a successful launch in n

Published 18 Jun, 2019 09:00am

Asia

Indonesia ferry sinking leaves at least 15 dead

JAKARTA: At least 15 people have died after a passenger ferry sank off the Indonesian island of Java, police said Tuesda

Published 18 Jun, 2019 08:07am

North America

Trump says US to begin removing 'millions' of illegal migrants

WASHINGTON: The United States will start removing "millions" of illegal migrants next week, President Donald Trump said

Published 18 Jun, 2019 08:04am

Africa

Egypt's former president Morsi buried in Cairo

CAIRO: Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was buried in Cairo on Tuesday, his lawyer said, a d

Published 18 Jun, 2019 08:01am

Asia

China earthquake kills 12, injures 134

BEIJING: The toll from a strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China rose to 12 dead and 134 injured on Tuesday a

Published 18 Jun, 2019 07:49am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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