FRANKFURT: BioNTech, first in the race to produce evidence of a working COVID-19 vaccine, is planning to price the two-shot regimen below “typical market rates” and would differentiate pricing between countries or regions. Speaking at a Financial Times online event, the German biotech firm’s strategy head Ryan Richardson said the price tag of the vaccine, which is co-developed with Pfizer …

Huawei Technologies is expected to release its beta version of smartphones for developers on ‘December 18’ as per the announcement the company made in September this year during the launch of a distributed operating system for all scenarios HarmonyOS 2.0. The company unveiled its plan for releasing the smartphones for developers at the Huawei Developers Conference HDC2020 held in September …

ISLAMABAD: The statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has shown that 1,637 new cases of COVID-19 and 23 more deaths were recorded across the country during the last 24 hours. The tally of deaths reached up to 7,000 in Pakistan, whereas, the number of active cases of COVID-19 reached up to 20,045. 31,904 tests were conducted during …

LAHORE: For the first time in history an unelected Board of Governors (BoG) was formed on Monday as the Pakistan Cricket Board included four more nominated members in place of four elected ones, while still all the three elected members are yet to come as the PCB continues to make the mockery of its affairs. The new BoG was constituted …

Leg-spinner Usman Qadir grabbed four wickets as Pakistan held Zimbabwe to 129-9 in the third and final Twenty20 international in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Usman — son of the late legendary spinner Abdul Qadir — finished with 4-13 from four mesmerising overs after Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to bat. Usman started the slide with the wicket of …

NEW DELHI: England batsman James Vince has tested positive for coronavirus which has made his participation in the upcoming of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) doubtful. The 29-year-old Vince was set to play for Multan Sultans in the playoff of PSL which is scheduled to be held on Nov 14 in Karachi. According to a report carried by ESPNCricinfo.com on Hindustan Times website on …

jp ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has opposed Azhar Ali’s removal from Test captaincy, saying the Lahore-born cricketer would give his 100 per cent in the upcoming matches. Pakistan lost the first Test against England in Manchester despite being in a winning position and Azhar’s captaincy really came under fire from all quarters. According to reports, he is likely …

KARACHI: Despite a courageous century from Saud Shakeel, Northern cantered to their second victory on the trot in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy First XI championship here on Monday when they nailed Sindh by 128 runs at the UBL Sports Complex. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ended their barren run as they won for the first time this season by inflicting Southern Punjab, who began …

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ehsan Mani and CEO Wasim Khan will meet senior batsman Azhar Ali on Tuesday (today) in Lahore to officially convey to him about the decision of his removal as Test captain, reliable sources in the Board said on Monday. As per the sources, the PCB has decided to replace Azhar with prolific batsman Babar Azam …

ISLAMABAD: With wheat subsidy estimates going beyond Rs130 billion this year, the government is likely to arrange importing Russian commodity through land route via Kazakhstan and Afghanistan and increase minimum support price (MSP) close to Rs1,800 per 40kg. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet in its meeting on Monday with Finance Adviser Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the …