By Sardar Siraj Mohammad, Mudassar Azam and Mohammad Asim Jilani Former senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed is a veteran politician, journalist, author and foreign-policy commentator. He has served as federal minister for information, culture, tourism, sports and youth affairs, as well as special assistant to the prime minister for strategic communications and head of the prime minister’s task force on Central Asia. A graduate of Government College Lahore, he holds a master’s degree in international relations from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Washington, DC. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the Royal Academy of Sciences, Cambodia, in…
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LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — India won gold medal second time in the Asian Games cricket on Saturday after the men’s team thrashed arch-rivals Pakistan by 19 runs in the final in Nisshin. The Twenty20 world champions piled up 211-6, the highest total of the Aichi-Nagoya Games, thanks to blistering half-centuries from opener Abhishek Sharma (61) and Tilak Varma, who smashed 51 not out off 22 balls. Hasan Nawaz’s defiant 96 kept Pakistan in the hunt, but they finished on 192-6. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Abhishek took charge after India captain Shreyas Iyer chose to bat at the Korogi Sports…
LAHORE MIRROR — The Corps Commanders Conference, chaired by Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, has stressed that internal stability is of paramount importance to Pakistan, warning that any attempt to create violent unrest or situations resembling the May 9 events would be dealt with decisively and without discrimination under the law. The 277th Corps Commanders Conference was held at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The meeting reviewed the country’s security situation, operational preparedness and regional developments in detail. The participants offered Fateha for the…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — Saudi authorities on Friday denied reports of a suicide bomber at Khana Kaaba (Grand Mosque) in Makkah, saying a man was arrested for harassing passersby and causing panic. “Security authorities in the holy capital arrested a person for harassing passersby and spreading fear and panic among them, and he was dealt with immediately,” authorities said in a statement on X. “The security authorities confirm that there is no truth to the claims being circulated regarding the incident,” the statement said. The statement provided no further details about the suspect. Earlier claims circulating on social media alleged…
LAHORE MIRROR — The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released its latest annual inflation report, showing that the country’s inflation rate rose to 11.53% year-on-year, while weekly inflation increased by 0.21%. According to the PBS, prices of 20 essential commodities increased during the week, while 10 items became cheaper and prices of 21 items remained unchanged. Chicken prices rose by 7.25% during the week, followed by garlic at 1.85% and gram pulse (chana) at 1.30%. LPG prices increased by 1.17%, eggs by 0.72%, and rice by 0.55%. On the other hand, diesel prices declined by 3.43%, while banana prices…
LAHORE MIRROR — The White House has released photographs of a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump. The meeting took place at a reception hosted by President Donald Trump in honour of world leaders on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The PID also shared photographs, released by the White House, of the two leaders standing together, smiling and shaking hands. No further details about the interaction were provided. Earlier this year, PM Shehbaz and Trump were also together at the signing of the charter for the “Board…
LAHORE MIRROR (AFP) — India will meet defending champions Australia and bitter rivals Pakistan in their first two matches at the 2027 Cricket World Cup, the International Cricket Council announced on Thursday. The India-Australia match, a repeat of the 2023 final, will be in Cape Town on October 7 and the India-Pakistan clash will take place in Johannesburg three days later. The tournament, hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, will start on October 4 and the final will be played on November 27. The group match between India and Pakistan will be played at the Wanderers Stadium, the tournament’s…
LAHORE MIRROR– The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday the group had attacked a power distribution station in Madina this week, putting one transformer out of service but without affecting the electricity network. The coalition said an investigation and examination of drone wreckage confirmed Houthi involvement in planning and carrying out Tuesday’s attack. It said the station supplies electricity to the Prophet’s Mosque. A Houthi military source, quoted by the Houthi-run Saba news agency, denied the accusation, calling it a “lie” and saying it was intended to cover up what he described as Saudi Arabia’s failure to substantiate its earlier…
LAHORE MIRROR — Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that India carried out another “false-flag operation” on September 29. Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, the DG ISPR said that on the night of September 29, an Indian Army corps posted a statement on social media claiming that it had conducted an operation in an area of occupied Kashmir. According to the Indian Army’s reported claim, a “terrorist” was killed during the operation, while the body of an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba militant was also recovered. The militant was identified as Muhammad Asif, alias Hashim…
LAHORE MIRROR (AFP/reuters) –Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced a new top-tier artificial intelligence (AI) model, “Argon”, to anchor its Gemini 4 generation of models in a fresh bid to catch up to rivals Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI race. However, Google said it would withhold the model from the public for now, releasing Gemini 4 Argon only to a vetted group of cybersecurity experts to avoid misuse by hackers. “Safely releasing frontier capabilities at this level requires a phased approach,” wrote Koray Kavukcuoglu, Google’s chief AI architect, in a blog post announcing the model. The new model is larger…
