Pakistan’s Defense and Foreign Policy Community Offers a limited Worldview: Ayesha Siddiqa By: Qaisar Abbas Washington: Known defense analyst and scholar on South Asia, Ayesha Siddiqa has said the defense and foreign policy community in Pakistan lacks independent thinking and diversity of viewpoints. “With this methodology, only a limited perspective can be promoted in developing defense and foreign policy, which …

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LONDON: AstraZeneca has paused global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness in a participant, denting the British drugmaker’s shares on Wednesday as the move was seen as dimming prospects for an early rollout. On Tuesday, AstraZeneca said it voluntarily paused trials, including late-stage ones, to allow an independent committee to review safety data, and it was …

SHENZHEN: Huawei Technologies is expected to respond on Thursday to the latest salvo of US technology restrictions against it and share its progress on developing a system that is seen as its best bet to replace Google’s Android mobile operating system. Richard Yu, the head of Huawei’s consumer business group, will deliver a keynote speech at its annual developers conference …

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has formed a committee for finalising the process of licence issuance of 5G technology in Pakistan. A series of decisions was taken in the today’s session of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) held under the chair of Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. The committee approved new rates for electricity and …

LAHORE: Punjab health department on Wednesday reported another confirmed case of dengue fever within 24 hours taking the number of total cases to 45 in the province thus so far. According to the spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab, the dengue patient was reported in Rawalpindi. In the province, 45 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed …

ISLAMABAD: The novel coronavirus claimed nine more lives across the country during the last 24 hours, taking the death toll from the deadly disease to 6,359. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 426 more people tested positive for the highly contagious disease, lifting the number of people affected by it to 299,659. The number of people recovering …

LONDON: A dominant Italy performance propelled them past the Netherlands 1-0 and to the top of their Nations League group on Monday. Nicolo Barella headed in the only goal shortly before halftime in Amsterdam as Italy wasted chances. But the display will go a long way to helping the Azzurri put the disappointment of drawing against Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-1 last Friday …

LAHORE: The second successive year of the current Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) regime under Chairman Ehsan Mani, which was completed on Sept 4, has failed to bring any significant improvement in country’s cricket, both on and off the field. While the PCB officials have been blowing their own trumpet on the cricket board’s few achievements made last year such as …

LAHORE: While a number of deserving players are out, many undeserving ones have been included in the list of probables called for the Central Punjab’s Under-19 trials at the LCCA Ground here on Sept 14 and 15. A total of 51 players are invited to select the Central Punjab squad for the National Junior Cricket Championships. The trials of other …