Floods: Pak Govt reaches out to friendly countries
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said considering the urgency of the challenge, the government had decided to reach out to friendly countries and donors as flash floods and…
UK: Stop exploiting travelers
LONDON: Britain on Wednesday urged private Covid test firms to stop exploiting travelers, after a former competitions chief said the market was a "rip-off jungle". "We've been clear it is unacceptable…
Pakistan Exports
USA, UK, China top three destinations of Pakistani exports in 10 months
ISLAMABAD: United States of America (USA) remained the top export destinations of the Pakistani products during the first ten months of financial year (2020-21), followed by United Kingdom (UK) and…
UK grants Oscar winners fast-track immigration route
LONDON: Winners of major prizes for film, theatre, science and technology -- including Oscars -- can now apply to live and work in Britain in a simpler process, the UK…
UK sends 1,000 more ventilators to India
LONDON: The UK said Sunday (2nd of May, 2021) it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India, as a group of doctors staged their own intervention by…
UK Covid
UK vaccinates over 20M people with at least one dose
LONDON: Britain announced Sunday that it has given more than 20 million people at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with the rapid rollout providing hope in a country…
UK Covid
UK budget must extend virus support: analysts
LONDON: Britain must use next month's budget to extend coronavirus financial support measures and tackle inequalities exacerbated by the Covid crisis before a gradual withdrawal as the virus lockdown is…
Tesco logs record Christmas as virus sparks online boom
LONDON: Supermarket giant Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, on Thursday reported record Christmas sales, with online demand booming due to virus lockdown restrictions. Total sales jumped seven percent to £19.9 billion…
UK
UK launches new £4.6B plan to help virus-hit firms
LONDON: The UK government on Tuesday launched an extra £4.6-billion package for virus-battered businesses as England began a fresh lockdown set to last weeks. The financial support, equivalent to $6.3…
UK says ‘no time to lose’ with one month to Brexit transition
LONDON: The UK government on Tuesday urged businesses to get ready for the end of the Brexit transition period in one month's time, as talks on a free trade deal…
UK
UK to unveil ‘largest military investment’ in three decades
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Thursday unveil what is being billed as Britain's biggest programme of investment in the armed forces. In a speech to lawmakers in parliament,…
Hamilton fired up to resist ‘new generation’ again in 2021
ISTANBUL: Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team will face a ferocious new challenge from their rivals next season when he begins his pursuit of a record eighth world title. After…
Brexit
UK govt facing parliamentary defeat over Brexit bill
LONDON: The British govt on Monday faced potential defeat in parliament over controversial legislation that would allow it to override parts of the country's EU divorce treaty. Members of the…
Brexit
Brexit to hit British trade hard
LONDON: Britain's business community has long hoped for a post-Brexit free trade deal -- but government failures mean there will still be "significant" disruption when it is fully free of…
UK extends virus jobs support scheme until end March
LONDON: Britain will continue to heavily subsidise millions of workers' wages until the end of March, finance minister Rishi Sunak announced Thursday as England began a second lockdown. "Given... significant…
Brexit
EU chiefs warn UK trade talks in ‘critical phase’
BRUSSELS: Post-Brexit talks have entered a "critical phase" and the coming days will show whether a deal can be reached on fair trade rules and fishing, EU chiefs said Thursday.…
Boris Johnson would make excellent British PM
Biden no lover of UK’s ‘Trump clone’ Johnson
LONDON: The political romance between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump leaves Britain and its transatlantic "special relationship" exposed if Joe Biden wins next week, just as the country needs all…
Brexit
UK, EU leaders agree to keep talking in bid for Brexit deal
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday asked their negotiators to "work intensively" to overcome differences to secure a post-Brexit free trade…
‘Disorder, debacle, rebellion’: backers turn on Britain’s PM
LONDON: Described as dejected and dogmatic even by his partisans, Boris Johnson is enduring a torrid time in his tumultuous premiership, and worse may lie ahead. The coronavirus pandemic is…
UK pledges support for flood victims in Pakistan
LONDON: The United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday pledged support for the victims of devastating floods in Pakistan, besides provision of life-saving clean water, sanitation and shelter to over 55,000 vulnerable…
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Belgium interested to make investment in Pakistan: Envoy
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Belgium Philippe Bronchain on Tuesday said that his country was interested in making investment in Pakistan as it was a potential country for business and investment activities.…
UK, US extend trade talks as 2020 deal looks unlikely
LONDON: Britain said today (12th of August, 2020) that trade talks with the United States would continue into the autumn, as hopes fade for a quick deal to coincide with…
Virus quarantine fears boost the UK ‘staycation’
BATH (UK): With pandemic storm clouds gathering over Britain's tourism industry, the collapse in foreign holidays has presented an opportunity by boosting the demand for "staycations". British hotels, campsites and…
Virus-hit care homes: British PM
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused Tuesday of trying to rewrite history for appearing to blame the deadly spread of coronavirus in care homes on the institutions themselves. Britain…