PARIS: Rafael Nadal won a 14th French Open and record-extending 22nd Grand Slam title on Sunday with a straight-sets rout of Casper Ruud to become the oldest male champion at Roland Garros and he vowed to “keep fighting”. In a disappointing final, 36-year-old Nadal won 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 with victory coming 17 years to the day since he claimed his …

KARACHI: A scintillating century by Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu ensured the visitors didn’t return home empty handed as they registered their first victory in the final match of their Pakistan tour here at the Southend Club on Sunday. The left-hander plundered the Pakistan bowlers for 101 runs off 85 balls, a knock that featured 13 fours and six as …

Like cats, the farmers’ budget wish list also seems to have nine lives. Every season, they renew their almost identical demands — the rising cost of production, lack of research, cartelisation of agri-trade and inefficient markets etc — that are regularly ignored in the finance bill. The farmers then wait for a year to dust them off, lobby for them …

People and businesses do not expect surprises in the upcoming budget now that the government has already increased the petroleum prices and shifted the load of Rs105 billion worth of subsidy to private, commercial and industrial users. Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has already signalled a big increase in power rates and left no ambiguity on the amnesty scheme, to be …

In May, consumer inflation rose to 13.8 per cent from 13.4pc in April. Meanwhile, the rupee which sank to an all-time low of 202 to a US dollar on May 26 gradually rose afterwards. It closed at 197.59 per dollar in the interbank market on June 2, recovering 2.2pc of its lost value. The headline inflation at 13.8pc shows the …

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has asked the government to apply equal gas rates to all consumers irrespective of categories and sectors to ensure recovery of true cost of gas without any discrimination and end gas sector circular debt. The rates for consumers in lower usage categories of domestic and special commercial sectors, like tandoor, would, according …

The US dollar appreciated by more than Rs2 in the interbank market on Monday to cross the Rs200 mark, with analysts forecasting that the rupee would continue to fall as outflows for oil payments and other imports persist while matters with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are yet to be finalised. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the …

BANGKOK: Fifty-nine Rohingya people have been discovered on a Thai island, saying they were abandoned by traffickers en route to Malaysia, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The group — among them five children — were found on Koh Dong island in the southern Satun province on Saturday, said lieutenant general Surachet Hakpan. Each year, thousands of the mostly …

BEIRUT: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces would coordinate with Syrian government troops to fend off any Turkish invasion of the north, the SDF commander said on Sunday, adding Damascus should use its air defence systems against Turkish planes. Ankara has vowed a new offensive on swathes of northern Syria controlled by the SDF, a Kurdish-led alliance that is spearheaded by …

BEIRUT: Lebanon war­ned Israel on Sunday against any “aggressive action” in disputed waters where both states hope to develop offshore energy, after a ship arrived off the coast to produce gas for Israel. President Michel Aoun said any activity in the disputed area would amount to an act of aggression and a provocation, after the arrival of the natural gas …