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INDIAN batter Rishabh Pant plays a shot during the third Test against England at Lord’s on Saturday.—Reuters LONDON: K. L. Rahul scored a century while Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant pitched in with crucial fifties as India posted 387 on day three, equalling England’s first innings, with their third Test hanging in the balance at Lord’s on Saturday. An injury to Shoaib Bashir blunted England’s pace-spin attack strategy when India looked vulnerable with five wickets down after losing Pant and Rahul in quick succession, before Jadeja steadied their innings with his third fifty-plus knock in a row. England openers Zak…

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Shanghai on Saturday for a six-day visit to three Chinese cities where regional security tensions and economic ties are likely to dominate talks.Albanese’s second visit to China, where he will meet President Xi Jinping, comes after Canberra stepped up screening of Chinese investment in critical minerals and as U.S. President Donald Trump rattles the global economy with sweeping import tariffs.Here is a timeline of relations between Australia and China over recent years:Nov. 17, 2014 – Australia sealed a landmark free trade agreement with top trade partner China, concluding a decade of negotiations. It…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The finance ministry has disclosed in a report that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) last year incurred a net loss of Rs4.6 billion and one-off accounting profit of Rs26 billion due to treating past losses as future assets “should not be misinterpreted as a sign of operational profitability”. The biannual report on federal state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has again highlighted the inefficiencies of PIA, though it has been freed from legacy debt and liabilities. The Central Monitoring Unit (CMU) of the Ministry of Finance released the report on Friday, which gave an in-depth understanding of the accounts of PIA Corporation…

KARACHI: Pakistan is set to review the security situation in India before taking a call on sending its hockey teams to the neighbouring country for the Asia Cup and Junior World Cup to be held later this year, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Saturday. According to the PTI, a top official of the Pakistan government has said that the national team will not be sent to India if there are security threats to them. Pakistan are scheduled to participate in the Asia Cup being held in Rajgir, Bihar, from Aug 27 to Sept 7, for which the Pakistan…

Listen to article DAMASCUS: A Syrian and an Israeli official are expected to meet in Baku later Saturday on the sidelines of President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to Azerbaijan, a diplomatic source in Damascus with knowledge of the issue said. “There will be a meeting between a Syrian official and an Israeli official on the sidelines of the visit being conducted by Sharaa in Baku,” said the source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. Israel is a major arms supplier to Azerbaijan and has a significant diplomatic presence in the Caucasus nation which neighbours its arch foe Iran. The…

NEW DELHI: Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 260 people, were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, a preliminary investigation report said on Saturday. The report, issued by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), did not offer any conclusions or apportion blame for the June 12 disaster, but indicated that one pilot asked the other why he cut off fuel, and the second pilot responded that he had not. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was headed from Ahmedabad in western India to London when it…

Listen to article Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the government was committed to steering the country towards an economic turnaround through structural reforms, institutional changes, and a renewed focus on meritocracy, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported on Saturday. Addressing a group of Pakistani students enrolled in leading international universities under the government’s Uraan Pakistan Summer Scholars Programme, the prime minister said the coalition government had assumed office in 2023 at a time when the country was on the brink of default. “The majority believed Pakistan would default, while a small minority held hope that we might avoid it,” he said, recalling…

Listen to article PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday called for political change in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), suggesting that such a shift would be more appropriate if it came from within the ranks of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), which currently holds a majority in the provincial assembly. Speaking at a press conference in Peshawar, the JUI-F leader said it was immaterial whether the change emerged from internal dynamics or external pressure — what mattered, he insisted, was that change was now imperative. “If PTI claims to have a majority, then change must come from within,” he remarked. “It should…

This undated photo provided by the Institute of Animal Sciences under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences shows a somatic cell-cloned dzo in Qushui County of Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua)BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have announced the birth of the world’s first somatic cell-cloned dzo in China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. This marks a critical breakthrough in high-altitude breeding technology, which is vital for improving plateau livestock and protecting endangered species.The newborn male calf, weighing 26 kilograms, was delivered via caesarean section. Rigorous genetic testing confirmed it is an exact genetic replica of the donor dzo.…

Listen to article QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has noted that the narrative being promoted at both national and international levels regarding province is often inconsistent with facts and requires correction to reflect a balanced and accurate perspective. He urged human rights organisations to develop an impartial and fact-based understanding of Balochistan’s history, current realities, and overall situation. Chief Minister Bugti shared these views during a meeting with a delegation from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Quetta on Saturday. The meeting involved detailed discussions on law and order, the human rights situation,…