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India’s stunning World Cup semi-final win over Australia was described on Friday as the greatest day in the history of women’s cricket in the country, with Jemimah Rodrigues hailed for her “innings of a lifetime”. Batter Rodrigues hit an unbeaten 127 as the hosts chased down a record 339 in Mumbai on Thursday to oust reigning seven-time champions Australia in Mumbai. India face South Africa in the final at the same venue on Sunday as both teams attempt to win the one-day tournament for the first time in its 52-year history. Amanjot Kaur hit the winning boundary to take India into their third final of an ODI World Cup, triggering emotional scenes. The 25-year-old Rodrigues sank to her knees in tears while her teammates rushed to celebrate the sensational upset. “This is the greatest day in the history of Indian women’s cricket,” veteran commentator Harsha Bhogle said on X. Virat Kohli, the star batsman from the men’s team, called Rodrigues’s display the “standout performanc...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand discussed the strengthening of bilateral trade and cooperation between the two countries, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Friday. In a statement, the FO said Dar received a call the previous evening from Anand. “The two leaders discussed strengthening bilateral trade and investment, including sectors such as agriculture and mines and minerals, and collaboration under the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPPA),” the FO said. It added that the Canadian foreign minister thanked Dar for facilitating market access for imports of Canadian canola to Pakistan. “Both leaders appreciated recent constructive engagements, reaffirmed their commitment to advancing mutually beneficial economic cooperation,” the FO said, adding that the two foreign ministers agreed to remain in close contact. Anand also commented on her phone call with Dar in a post on social media platfor...

Pakistan’s unbeaten streak at the Asian Youth Games came to an end on Wednesday night when Iran dominated the boys volleyball final in three straight sets to win gold, leaving the Green Shirts to take home a silver medal. Pakistan put up a tough fight in all three sets but ultimately lost 25-21, 25-23, 25-23 to Iran. The silver was Pakistan’s second medal at the ongoing games so far, with the boys Kabaddi team winning bronze last week. View this post on Instagram The Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) said the team’s silver brought “immense pride and honour to the nation”. “The team’s performance throughout the tournament was exceptional — Pakistan did not lose a single match before the final, defeating teams like Mongolia, Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia , and China with dominating performances,” the PVF said in a press release. “The final match was a display of determination and courage, where the Pakistani players pushed ...

Albert Camus, a French philosopher, once wrote about Sisyphus, a king condemned by the Greek gods to push a boulder up a hill. Only, to his torment, the boulder rolled back down every time it reached the top, trapping him in an endless cycle. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s recent announcement of Pakistan’s largest financing arrangement — a Rs1.225 trillion deal with 18 local banks to settle power-sector arrears — echoes this tragic myth. Though the deal appears promising, offering hope of freeing the country from the shackles of power debt, it remains Sisyphean in nature: the state pushes the boulder of circular debt uphill, only for it to roll back down again, crushing consumers under the weight of revised tariffs. Watt a deal! The recent Rs1.225 trillion package comprises Rs660 billion for the restructuring of old loans and Rs565 billion in fresh funds to clear overdue payments, primarily owed to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) — private companies that generate elect...

SAN FRANCISCO — Jimmy Butler had 21 points, five rebounds and five assists, Stephen Curry added 19 points and eight assists, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 98-79 on Tuesday night. Curry shot 7 for 15 a night after four Warriors players scored 20 or more points to beat Memphis — but it marked just the sixth time in Curry’s 17 seasons he wasn’t one of them. Butler and Moses Moody each hit 3-pointers late in the third quarter as the Warriors used a 10-2 burst over the final 2:07 to go ahead 78-63 starting the fourth. Brandin Podziemski followed up a 23-point performance against the Grizzlies with 12 points, while Quinten Post had 12 points on 4 3-pointers and eight rebounds. James Harden scored all 20 of his points by halftime while Kawhi Leonard added 18 points and five rebounds in a game featuring a 13-point second quarter by Golden State followed by the Clippers’ 14-point third. Harden’s 3 with 41 seconds left in the first half gave Los Angeles its ...

Zohran Mamdani may not solve all of the beleaguered US Democrats’ problems, but the surprise frontrunner in the race for New York mayor does offer hints on how to win back voters and power. The Democrats — shut out of power in the White House and both chambers of Congress — are seen negatively by 63 per cent of US voters, according to a July poll in the Wall Street Journal , the party’s lowest approval rating in 30 years. John Kane, a professor of political science at New York University, said the party needs to reconnect with parts of their traditional base, such as lower-income Americans and young voters. Mamdani, a 34-year-old self-described democratic socialist, has developed a plan aimed at luring working-class people and young adults, for whom famously expensive New York is becoming harder and harder to call home. His platform’s highlights include a freeze on rent hikes as well as free bus service and day care. Mamdani’s virulent opposition to President Donald Trump has a ...

Shohei Ohtani dominated early, and the Los Angeles Dodgers came away with a walk-off victory in Game 3 of the World Series. The Toronto Blue Jays lost 6-5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 18 innings on Monday as Ohtani starred at the plate, hitting two homers and two doubles in the win. Los Angeles sealed the win on a walk-off blast to straight away centre by Freddie Freeman. The Dodgers struck first behind solo homers from Teoscar Hernandez and Ohtani in the second and third innings. Toronto, however, responded with a big fourth inning against Tyler Glasnow. After Vladimir Guerrero Jr. worked a leadoff walk, Bo Bichette reached on an error by Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman and two batters later, Alejandro Kirk blasted a three-run shot out to centre. The Blue Jays added on further in the frame when Andres Gimenez brought Addison Barger in to score with a sacrifice fly. Los Angeles answered with two runs in the fifth on an Ohtani double and a Freddie Freeman single to tie the g...

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Malaysia on Monday, as the two countries push trade talks and ease tensions over Washington’s punishing tariffs . Few details were released, but Rubio’s meeting with Jaishankar is the highest-level contact since the US imposed sanctions last week on Russian oil companies, a key source of India’s crude supplies. Jaishankar posted a photograph on social media showing him smiling and shaking hands with Rubio, saying he “appreciated the discussion on our bilateral ties as well as regional and global issues”. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Malaysia, which US President Donald Trump attended in person and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed by video link. Modi had backtracked from his proposed visit to Kuala Lumpur to attend the Asean summit, with Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim saying...

The time is coming when it will be fair to ask, “How long are we supposed to wait? “ Maybe the 10-game point is when it becomes fair to wonder if this collection of players in Edmonton Oilers jerseys will ever start to look like an actual team — for something resembling a full 60 minutes? You know, 18 skaters with the same idea, the same goals, the same intention to execute the same gameplan the same way? But on the final stop on an eight-city, eight-game, three timezone mega-journey, where the Oilers summoned the fortitude to erase a 3-1 third period lead before losing 4-3 in overtime, this simply can’t be the night. If you’ve ever lugged your carcass through two weeks of a new-town-every-second-night sojourn that lasts three full weeks — sleeping in until 8:30 in the East, waking up at 6 on the West Coast — you would understand. It doesn’t matter what your paycheck says, or how young and fit you are. At this point in the odyssey you’re done, and that makes a third-...

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RAWALPINDI: Tomato prices have surged in local markets, selling at Rs370–400 per kilogram, as traders attribute the hike to floods in Punjab and the closure of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. They, however, expect the situation to improve with supplies arriving from Swat and Sindh in the coming days. “Although the rate of tomatoes has dropped slightly from Rs600 to Rs370–400 per kg, it is still unaffordable for the common man as it is a daily-use item,” said Rawalpindi Fruit and Vegetable Market Association President Ghulam Qadir Mir while speaking to Dawn . Explaining the reasons behind the price hike, he said that floods during the monsoon season, the closure of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, and the government’s negligence in bridging the demand-supply gap were the main factors. He added that most of the tomato supply usually comes from Central Asia and Afghanistan, but border tensions had disrupted the trade. Meanwhile, local supplies from Punjab were also affected du...

THE Pakistan Super League (PSL) finds itself at a crossroads once again, this time not over scheduling or player availability, but over a deepening conflict between its parent body, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), and one of its most prominent franchise owners, Ali Khan Tareen of Multan Sultans. What began as a dispute over critical comments has now spiralled into a test of the league’s governance framework, laying bare the fragile relationship between the PCB and franchise owners as the PSL approaches the end of its first 10-year commercial cycle. On Thursday, the PCB issued a suspension notice to the Multan Sultans, citing “breach of contractual obligations” after Tareen’s repeated public criticism of the board and PSL management. Sources told Dawn that a formal termination notice had also been prepared “after completing necessary legal procedures,” in what officials described as an effort to “protect the league’s integrity and reputation.” The Multan franchise, however, framed...

When officials first arrived in villages near Qadirabad in 2014, they brought promises wrapped in the language of progress. The Sahiwal coal-fired power plant, they told residents, would be Pakistan’s flagship energy project — a 1,320 megawatt giant that would end electricity shortages and bring prosperity to central Punjab’s fertile heartland. They promised jobs, schools, hospitals and a brighter future. In Village 76-5R, the local member of the provincial assembly and member of the National Assembly told farmers this was a “once-in-a-generation opportunity”. China was investing billions in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), they said, and Sahiwal would be at its centre. There would be 3,700 construction jobs and 1,600 permanent positions. Technical training centres would teach youth valuable skills. Girls’ schools would be built. A hospital with seven to 10 beds would serve the community. Roads connecting villages to markets would be paved. The three most-affected villag...