Pakistani American community leader and philanthropist Dr. Anas Athar lost his father in law By: Raja Zahid Khanzada Plano Texas: Pakistani American community leader and philanthropist Dr. Anas Athar lost his father in law Mohammad Abdul Saleem after a brave fight against Covid-19. Mrs. Samia Anas father and Pakistani businessman Mohammad Abdul Saleem who was on a trip to US …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 675 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 15 more deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the national tally of infections to 281,136 and casualties to 6,014. According to data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 675 new infections were detected after 11,915 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours. Thus far, …

Novavax said on Tuesday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced high levels of antibodies against the novel coronavirus, according to initial data from a small, early-stage clinical trial, sending the company’s shares up 10%. The company said it could start a large pivotal Phase III trial as soon as late September, and on a conference call added that it could produce …

ZURICH: Switzerland is close to signing a deal to secure access for a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Moderna of the U.S., a government official has said. Switzerland will soon sign a reservation and supply deal, Pascal Strupler, the director of the Federal Office of Public Health, told the Swiss TV programme Club late on Tuesday. “We are only a …

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in the first of three tests against England here at Old Trafford on Wednesday. Although the Manchester skies were overcast, Azhar told Sky Sports: “Obviously the overhead conditions will help the bowlers but we were very clear in our heads that we want to bat first. “Because of the composition of the …

PALERMO: Tour-level tennis resumed after a five-month enforced break on Monday, and players at the Palermo Ladies Open had to handle their own towels and not shake hands of opponents. The strict rules because of the coronavirus included no showers on site, and no autographs or photos with fans. Players in the singles main draw come from 16 European countries …

MANCHESTER: England know another sluggish start to a Test campaign could prove costly as they go in search of a first series win over Pakistan in a decade. Wednesday sees an intriguing three-match contest get underway with the first Test at Old Trafford. And while England can point to recent series victories over most of their rivals, their last such …

LAHORE: Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali on Tuesday said though he has many inexperienced players in the side, they are extremely talented and showing lot of promise and will surely give tough time to England in the three-Test series starting from Wednesday at Old Trafford in Manchester. While announcing 16 probables for the first Test in a presser held through …

kp PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani on Tuesday came down hard on the chief secretary and deputy commissioners across the province over failure to address flour crisis and control roti price to the misery of the common man. “All deputy commissioners in districts are incompetent and the chief secretary has no control on them,” the speaker observed …

KARACHI: The stock market took a breather on Tuesday after a six-day gaining streak. It started out on a bullish note and the KSE-100 index surged to intraday high by 459 points, hitting the six-month uppish mark of 40,330. The benchmark doddering at such dizzy height swayed both ways, fuelling high degree of volatility, but finally gave way to profit-taking …