LAHORE MIRROR (AFP) — Former Pakistan Test coach Jason Gillespie said on Friday chairman of selectors Aaqib Javed needs to “look at himself in the mirror” with the national team “playing with fear”. In a shock move Pakistan this week replaced head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and pace-bowling chief Umar Gul, and sent seven players home from England, in a dramatic response to successive Test thrashings. Australia’s Gillespie, who led the side for eight months in 2024, including a 2-1 Test series win against England, said it was sad to see. “I feel for the players, this is these guys’ livelihoods,” he told The…
Author: Faisal Ali Ghumman
LAHORE MIRROR — The Indian pilot Abhinandan, who was captured after his aircraft was shot down following India’s failed attack on Balakot in Pakistan, has taken early retirement from the Indian Air Force (IAF). According to Indian media reports, the former fighter pilot has decided to begin a new career as a commercial pilot with a private airline following his retirement. The reports said former Group Captain Abhinandan served in the Indian Air Force for 22 years before taking early retirement. He has now started working as a commercial pilot for a private airline. According to the report, the airline…
LAHORE MIRROR — Major artificial intelligence (AI) services, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok, experienced disruptions simultaneously, according to outage-monitoring website Downdetector. An American news website reported that while service disruptions are relatively common, simultaneous outages affecting three major AI models were unusual. Reports also indicated disruptions to Google Gemini, although the company had not officially announced any service outage. Anthropic’s Claude status dashboard reported disruptions affecting its Opus 4.8 and Opus 5 models, while the company said its other models had returned to their “baseline error rate”. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s status dashboard showed that ChatGPT and Codex were…
LAHORE MIRROR (AFP) — Carlos Alcaraz got off to a sluggish start but stormed home, and Aryna Sabalenka was in control all the way as the defending champions led a stream of contenders into the third round of the US Open on Wednesday. Spain’s Alcaraz, seeded second in his first tournament since a wrist injury forced him to the sidelines in April, got off to a sluggish start but finished in convincing fashion in a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 victory over 72nd-ranked Jaime Faria of Portugal. Alcaraz won his seventh major title at the Australian Open in January, but arrived…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — About 20 million internet-using children across 21 countries were subjected to sexual exploitation or abuse on digital platforms in a single year, with most cases occurring on social media platforms, a new report by the UN children’s charity said on Thursday. More than one in five children aged 12 to 17 across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe experienced at least one form of sexual abuse or exploitation on online platforms in the year before being surveyed, the Unicef report estimated. Roughly 15m children in the countries surveyed were exposed to unwanted sexual content, 9m…
LAHORE MIRROR — Gold prices soared in Pakistan on Thursday in line with their gain in the international market. Per tola price of yellow metal reached Rs465,236 after an increase of Rs11,200 during the day. According to the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA), 10-gram gold was sold at Rs398,864 after it accumulated Rs9,602. On Wednesday, yellow metal price per tola reached Rs454,036 after a decline of Rs11,300 during the day. The international rate of gold was up by $112 to reach $4,427 per ounce (with a premium of $20). Furthermore, the price of silver also increased by Rs185…
LAHORE MIRROR — Lahore High Court (LHC) Judge Justice Raheel Kamran Sheikh resigned immediately from his post, citing personal reasons The judge sent his resignation to President Asif Ali Zardari under Article 206 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973. Justice Raheel said he was resigning from the office of high court judge with immediate effect. Justice Raheel Kamran said serving as a judge and contributing to the administration of justice in accordance with his oath and conscience had been an honour and a privilege. “The years I spent as a judge of this court have been among the most constructive…
LAHORE (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait”, despite the fact that the crucial waterway remains contested amid the war with Iran. “Now that we have it under USA control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before!” Trump said on his Truth Social network. In a post on X, the White House also shared the US president’s statement, suggesting that the Strait of Hormuz be renamed to “Trump Strait,” along with a map in which “Trump Strait” is…
LAHORE MIRROR — Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will increase its weekly flights to London from four to seven from October 27, the airline announced on Wednesday, citing rising passenger demand. Under the revised schedule, five flights will operate from Islamabad and two from Lahore to London. PIA said the increase reflected growing passenger confidence and demand for direct services. The expansion follows the gradual resumption of PIA’s UK operations after a nearly five-year suspension. The European Union lifted its ban on the airline in November 2024, while the UK removed Pakistan from its Air Safety List in July 2025, allowing…
LAHORE MIRROR (AFP) — Anti-narcotics agents from the United States and Sri Lanka seized almost half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine following a joint operation targeting a Pakistani drug network, police said on Wednesday. Officials seized some 463 kilos of the synthetic drug from a shipping container that arrived in Colombo over the weekend and arrested two Pakistani men, police deputy inspector-general Ashoka Dharmasena told reporters. The US embassy in Colombo said the smugglers intended to smuggle the narcotics, valued at $21 million and concealed in bath towels, to international markets via Sri Lanka. The US Drug Enforcement Administration’s office…
