PARIS: Top seed Novak Djokovic resisted a valiant and inspired fightback from Stefanos Tsitsipas to set up a French Open final showdown with old rival Rafael Nadal on Friday, winning a near four-hour battle 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 4-6, 6-1. Showing no sign of the physical problems that troubled him during his previous match, Djokovic was initially dominant and poised for …

KARACHI: Balochistan rode on an excellent contribution from Awais Zia to complete a six-wicket victory over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in their First XI clash of the National T20 Cup in Rawalpindi on Saturday. The left-handed opener, who had played five Twenty20 Internationals between 2012 and 2014 without much success, anchored Balochistan home in the 17th over with an undefeated 92 despite …

LAHORE: Central Punjab fast bowler Naseem Shah has been withdrawn from the ongoing National T20 Cup after the player complained of a niggle in groin. According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday, Naseem, who earned a chance to play international cricket at the age of 16, has been replaced by paceman Waqas Maqsood. Naseem, …

ISLAMABAD: As opposition parties gear up to launch their anti-government campaign from the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) platform with price hike as one of its key agenda items, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday vowed to use all available resources of the state to bring down food prices in the country. Admitting that there is a price-hike in the country, the prime …

Over the last decade, the meaning of brand maintenance has drastically changed. Where it was once about making sure your organisation isn’t coming off in a bad light on print or even TV, most of the conversations in this age revolve around social media, which can be really hard to track down. That’s exactly what a Pakistani startup hopes to …

OIL majors are on a job cutting spree. When seen through the prism of the cuts announced in recent weeks, the overall crude scenario appears bleak and gloomy. IHS Markit has reported a capital spending drop of 50 per cent by several US oil and gas companies this year, while internationally the drop has been around 30pc. This has contributed …

KARACHI: The government has banned individuals from depositing foreign exchange into bank accounts if the forex has been purchased from the open market. It was unclear till the filing of the report, however, whether the new rules issued by the government have significantly changed anything already contained in the State Bank’s Foreign Exchange Manual (FEM). Chapter 6 of the FEM …

KARACHI: Bulls staged a comeback at the stock market in the outgoing week to carry the KSE-100 index up by 727 points (1.8 per cent) to close at 40,798. Bears were driven away after a three-week rampage that saw the index bleed by 2,459 points or 5pc. The market commenced the outgoing week on a dismal note shedding 1,000 points, …

The world famous fly that landed atop the head of US Vice President Mike Pence during the VP debate earlier this week, became the star of this week’s Saturday Night Live. As Hollywood actor Jim Carrey returned to the sets, (this time in the form of a fly) Maya Rudolph joined him as Kamala Harris, with the sketch this week …

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who stepped down from their royal duties earlier this year, purchased a multi-million dollar mansion in the heart of Montecito. The royal couple purchased the estate in California’s Santa Barbara County for $14.7 million from Russian businessman Sergey Grishin. The multi-million home home was built back in 2003 and offers a total of nine bedrooms, …