LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed telecoms security with US President Donald Trump as he prepares to announce if Britain will use China´s Huawei in its 5G networks, officials said Saturday. In a phone call on Friday evening, the two leaders “discussed a range of issues, including cooperation to ensure the security of our telecommunications networks”, a Downing Street spokeswoman …

WUHAN: China on Sunday expanded drastic travel restrictions to contain a viral contagion that President Xi Jinping said posed a “grave” threat, as the death toll reached 56 and Shanghai reported its first fatality. China has locked down the worst-hit province of Hubei in the country´s centre in a massive quarantine affecting tens of millions of people to slow the …

  KARACHI: The stock performance did not make for great headlines in the outgoing week as market remained in search of direction in the absence of any major positive news flow that could spur active buying. The KSE-100 index largely remained flat, closing down by 535 points (1.24 per cent) at 42,633. On the political side things remained murky as …

KARACHI: A new report just released on the second phase of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) concludes that the “tariff structure offered to Pakistan [under the new agreement] is a marked improvement” over the first CPFTA that was signed in 2006. “On over 80 per cent of the CPFTA-II product lines that China imports, Pakistan is now offered tariffs that …

KARACHI: The five most likely long-term risks to the global economy are all environment and climate-related, said participants in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Perception Survey 2019-20. The participants — global shapers — identified that extre­­me heat waves, destruction of ecosystems, health impacted by pollution, water crisis and uncontrollable fires as the top risks faced by the global …

KARACHI: Inflow of dollars in the domestic market has dropped by 40-50 per cent during the month but the currency dealers were not able to identify its exact cause. With the exchange rate largely stable of late, the attraction of dollar business in the country has drastically fallen as currency dealers said they were depositing over 90pc of surplus with …

JOHANNESBURG: England captain Joe Root and rising star Ollie Pope shared a free-scoring century partnership before fast bowler Anrich Nortje hit back for South Africa on the second day of the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday. England, holding an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the series, were 300 for seven at lunch. The first hour belonged …

Karachi: Javeria Khan, the senior batter of Pakistan women cricket team has emphasized the importance of Pakistan’s star that players don while representing the country in the international company saying that the star demands one to be sincere with the country. Talking to media in Karachi, the 31-year-old batswoman from Karachi also brushed aside rumors of “jealousy” among the players …

MENDOZA: Pakistan’s Asad Ali Memon successfully climbed Aconcagua — the highest mountain peak in South America — and hoisted a 50-meter-long national flag at the top this week. The 22-year-old mountaineer dedicated his success to the soldiers of Pakistan Army and the people of Kashmir after making it to the highest mountain in the world outside Asia. Aconcagua is a …

JOHANNESBURG: Eng­land all-rounder Ben Stokes was fined and given a demerit point by the ICC on Saturday after a foul-mouthed row with a spectator on Friday in the ongoing fourth and final Test against South Africa. Stokes was shown on television exchanging insults with a spectator as he walked off the field after being caught cheaply for two runs in …