Gauff procured her 50th win of the year in WTA matches as she beat Magda Linette 6-0, 6-4, while Sabalenka crushed Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-2. “In the past, we’ve had a lot of great battles and matches. Sabalenka, who has won three of her seven previous encounters with Gauff, stated, “I’m really excited.” Sabalenka, a three-time Grand Slam champion, broke twice to take a 4-0 lead and held her own serves to win the first set. She used her powerful forehand well. In the second set, Poland’s Frech attempted to fight back, getting her first break when she was down…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
Captain Messi, who was fully recovered from an injury sustained in the Copa America final against Colombia in July, was 37 years old when he set up Otamendi to score 13 minutes after kickoff, which was delayed by 30 minutes due to heavy rain. Otamendi scored the goal by scoring from a free kick on a wet pitch. Geronimo Rulli, who was in place of Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez while he was serving a two-match suspension for offensive behavior, put in a strong performance to keep Salomon Rondon from scoring in the first half. Notwithstanding, the decided Venezuelan striker balanced in…
A summary submitted by the Ministry of Industries and Production seeking permission for a further export of 500,000 tonnes of sugar was discussed at the meeting of the ECC, which was presided over by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb. The summary cited the availability of sufficient surplus stocks even after catering for the proposed and ongoing exports, the requirement for the remaining two months of the crushing year, and the maintenance of strategic reserves. The gathering was informed that according to information given by the areas and Government Leading body of Income (FBR), the current supply of sugar remained at 2.054…
After rising for two weeks in a row, the SPI-based inflation returned to a moderate increase. Friday’s official data showed a 0.08 percent decrease from the previous week. The year-on-year increase shows that costs have risen contrasted with the earlier year. The deceleration is merely a price growth slowdown. Prices have not fallen as a result of this. The week after week expansion hit a record 48.35pc year-on-year toward the beginning of May 2023, however at that point decelerated as low as 24.4pc in late Aug 2023 preceding flooding past 40pc during the week finishing on Nov 16, 2023.
On Friday, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its annual report, which focuses on the significant advancements that will be made in the national payment ecosystem between the years 2023 and 2024. The report emphasizes the remarkable growth of digital payments, which is being driven by the increasing availability and adoption of digital payment channels, indicating that customers across the nation are increasingly relying on these systems. The report shows how banking in the country has changed clearly. The ongoing shift toward digital payment in Pakistan’s payment landscape is detailed in the report. “The retail installments have seen uncommon…
KARACHI: In the midst of recharged worries about the financial viewpoint after the pre-mature end of agreements with the Free Power Makers (IPPs), the securities exchange saw wild changes on Friday. However, with only modest gains, the benchmark index ended the weekend session in the green. According to Topline Securities Ltd., the market had changed as a result of the ongoing negotiations with the IPPs, in which five of them agreed to early termination of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). During the session, the KSE 100 index primarily traded in the negative zone, reaching an intraday low of 679 points at…
KARACHI: On Friday, the Sindh cabinet voiced its opposition to the power distribution companies (Discos)’ collective punishment of prolonged loadshedding and urged the federal government to make changes to load management laws. The cabinet also called “unconstitutional” the practice of Discos shutting down an entire area’s power feeder under the guise of not paying bills or losing lines. According to official sources, the provincial cabinet meeting, which was presided over by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, discussed the issue of loadshedding throughout the province and observed that the line losses caused by power theft by some consumers could not…
After meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on the international community to stop selling weapons to Israel on Friday. He stated to reporters, “I do believe that it is urgent that, in light of everything that is happening in the Middle East, the international community stop exporting weapons to the government of Israel.” He was referring to the events in the Middle East. “This is an allure that I will make… to the whole global local area,” he said, it was significant “not to contribute somehow to the acceleration of viciousness and to…
Israeli State leader Benjamin Netanyahu this week encouraged the Lebanese nation to ascend against Hezbollah, or hazard a comparable destiny to Hamas-run Gaza. Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, stated at a Geneva media briefing, “We are appalled by sweeping inflammatory language on multiple sides.” “Recent language calling on the Lebanese people as a whole to rise up against Hezbollah or face destruction like Gaza risks being understood as encouraging or accepting violence directed against civilians and civilian objects, in violation of international law.” She also called “unacceptable” the “ongoing denigration of the United Nations, in…
2.5m organizations, housSIESTA KEY: The loss of life from Typhoon Milton rose to 16 on Friday, as occupants started the difficult course of piecing their lives and homes back together. Power was out to nearly 2.5 million homes and businesses, and some areas along the storm’s path from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean remained flooded. As a category 3 storm late on Wednesday, Milton tore through communities still reeling from Hurricane Helene, which killed 237 people in the southeast United States, including in Florida. Milton left a desolate landscape on Siesta Key, a beautiful barrier island near…
