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Three of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises have called for an auction in the forthcoming 11th edition of the tournament. Sources said on Tuesday that Karachi Kings, Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators support the auction model for PSL 11. The franchises have raised several questions with the PSL administration regarding arrangements for the next edition of the league. According to sources, the franchises have sought clarity on the procedure for direct signings and the number of players to be signed through this route. They have also asked who is finalising player categories and requested that franchises be taken into…

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan made an unusual and unwanted bit of history during a Big Bash League match after being retired out despite being neither injured nor dismissed. Rizwan’s stay at the crease ended not because of a wicket, but due to the slow pace of his innings in a format that demands urgency. He scored 26 runs off 23 balls, a strike rate that proved costly as the innings reached its decisive stage. Captain takes rare call Before the start of the 19th over, the captain of Melbourne Renegades made the bold decision to call Rizwan off the…

The government has set a target to increase gemstone exports to one billion dollars within five years. According to details surfaced on Tuesday, a new government strategy aims to place mineral resources at the centre of economic development. An article published in The National Interest has outlined Pakistan’s mineral sector reforms in detail. The magazine wrote that Pakistan holds mineral resources worth trillions of dollars and is aligning its mining sector with international standards through a series of reforms. Global investors are being attracted through the Minerals Investment Forum. According to The National Interest, Reko Diq ranks among the world’s major copper and…

Australian women’s cricketer Alyssa Healy has announced her retirement from international cricket after a career spanning 15 years. Healy said she will not be part of the T20I side but will play her final One Day International and Test matches against India on home grounds. Cricket Australia confirmed that the wicketkeeper-batter will step away from all formats after the upcoming series against India. The 35-year-old began her international career in 2010. She played 295 international matches, scoring more than 7,000 runs. Behind the stumps, she was involved in 275 dismissals. Healy took over full-time captaincy duties in 2023. She remained…

China has strongly condemned the United States’ decision to impose sweeping new tariffs on countries trading with Iran, warning that the move amounts to interference in other nations’ internal affairs and risks serious harm to the global economy. China reacted sharply after Donald Trump announced that any country doing business with Iran would face a 25% tariff on all trade with the United States. Trump described the measure as “final and conclusive” in a social media post late Monday, without explaining its legal basis or how it would be enforced. ‘No winners in tariff and trade wars’ Responding on Tuesday,…

Chinese researchers have developed an innovative computational architecture that enhances computing power nearly fourfold, thereby opening new possibilities in fields like embodied intelligence, edge sensing, brain-inspired computing and communication systems. The Fourier Transform serves as a frequency “translator,” converting complex signals, including sound and images, into frequency-domain representations, which is a fundamental and widely used method across science and engineering. Targeting this universal computational process, researchers from Peking University creatively integrated two novel devices suitable for frequency conversion into a multi-physics-domain architecture, resulting in a versatile hardware system capable of performing operations, including the Fourier Transform. Their breakthrough was published…

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday called for advancing full and rigorous Party self-governance with higher standards and more concrete measures. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while addressing the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) in Beijing. Xi urged efforts to confine power to an institutional cage in a more well-conceived and effective manner, and press ahead with the anti-corruption fight with a clearer understanding and stronger resolve, thus providing a strong guarantee for achieving…

China’s commercial space company has successfully completed the first flight and recovery of its suborbital capsule, Lihong-1, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Monday afternoon. It’s the country’s first parachute-assisted recovery of a commercial payload capsule from over 100 kilometers. Developed by CAS Space, Lihong-1 had reached a maximum altitude of about 120 kilometers and skimmed the edge of space. The suborbital trajectory allowed the vehicle to briefly cross the Kármán line, providing minutes of microgravity before re-entering the atmosphere, though it did not achieve Earth orbit like a normal satellite. The mission carried a scaled-down version of a…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday that it is right on time for China and the African Union (AU) to bolster strategic mutual trust, align strategies and deepen strategic cooperation. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in an interview with Chinese media after he wrapped up visits to the AU, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Lesotho. China and the AU should further strengthen solidarity, jointly address current challenges, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of both China and Africa, and contribute their share to global peace and development,…

Pakistan’s services sector recorded a strong upswing in the first five months of the fiscal year, with exports rising by more than $550 million, driven largely by information technology and allied services. Exports hit $3.83 billion from July to November According to official documents, total services sector exports reached $3.83 billion during July–November. This represents a 16.77% increase compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year. The growth reflects improving annual performance across multiple service categories. November shows sharp year-on-year rise Services exports in November alone stood at $814.2 million. This marked a significant 22.26% increase compared to…