Millions of people in Pakistan and India have stopped work to watch their teams play for a place in cricket's World Cup final.
Banks, offices, government departments and courts emptied out ahead of Wednesday's semifinal between neighboring nations with a history of war, mistrust and enmity.
The semifinal winner in the northern Indian border state will faceSri Lanka in Saturday's final, but few Pakistanis were thinking that far ahead.
Student Imran Iqbal says he "can tolerate defeat against Sri Lanka, but losing to India is unimaginable, unthinkable and unforgivable."
In India, government workers streamed home early to watch the game.
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