LONDON: A decision has been taken by the British Government to put a complete stop to trade with China. According to sources close to Whitehall, it principally aims at preventing a breach in Anglo-American relations, which threatened to impair the alliance of the Western nations. British observers make no secret of the possible repercussions… . Hong Kong may bear the initial effects of this development, both in economic and political fields.

Certain newspapers here have in fact written off Hong Kong, insofar as its defence in the Far East is concerned. They argue that the price of Hong Kong and what remained of the Sino-British relations is insignificant as compared to the effects of the continuance of old policies on the relations of Britain and America.

[Meanwhile, according to news agencies in Karachi,] Mahmud Ghaznavi was the name given to a male child born to Muslim parents in the Jacob Lines at 4 a.m. on Friday [May 11]. The Hindustan Hamara Party which on Thursday appealed to the people to name their male children born on May 11 “Mahmud Ghaznavi” claimed in the evening that about 100 Mahmud Ghaznavis were born on Friday.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2026