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…
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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…
LAHORE MIRROR (AFP) –Tennessee woman Christa Pike was in a hospital Thursday after authorities “failed” to carry out her execution, her lawyers said, with witnesses reporting the convicted murderer was breathing despite the injections intended to kill her. Just hours earlier the US Supreme Court cleared the way for Pike to be the first woman to die by lethal injection in the southern US state of Tennessee in 200 years. Tennessee corrections officials did not publicly confirm the outcome of the execution, which included two injections of pentobarbital, or respond to an AFP query seeking information. “Tonight the State of…
LAHORE MIRROR — India defeated Pakistan 4-3 in a thrilling first semi-final of the hockey event at the Asian Games in Nagoya. Pakistan fell three goals behind before staging a strong comeback to level the score at 3-3. However, India scored in the closing moments to secure a 4-3 victory and book their place in the final. Harmanpreet Singh scored twice for India, while Sukhjeet Singh and Abhishek contributed one goal each. For Pakistan, Abu Bakar Mahmood, Hannan Shahid and Rana Waheed found the net during the comeback. The defeat ended Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the Asian Games hockey final,…
By Aayat Rizwan Feminism and Islam go hand in hand, despite what many people think. Islam does not oppress, but empowers women. What is Feminism? Feminism is the belief that everyone, regardless of gender, should have equal rights and opportunities. What is Equality? Equality the state of being equal, especially in status, rights and opportunities. Equality means each individual or group of people is given the same resources and opportunities, regardless of their circumstances. The Relation of Islam and Feminism Many scholars have given their verdict that either you are a Muslim or you’re a feminist. You can’t be both.…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — Two pilots were wounded after they reportedly fought on board the plane they were flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv, and which was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The flydubai plane landed in Tabuk at 9:45 am (11:45am PKT) and its “captain and copilot were found to have injuries and were transported to hospital”, a statement from the company operating the airport said. The low-cost carrier had earlier said flight FZ 1073 “experienced an incident while en route”. “The aircraft has landed safely in Tabuk Airport (TUU) and all passengers…
LAHORE MIRROR — The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the deadline for filing income tax returns to October 15, according to an FBR notification. The extension comes as the tax authority prepares to abolish the late-filer category from October 1. Under the revised regime, taxpayers filing after the deadline will face higher charges. According to FBR sources, the amount payable by individual taxpayers for late filing will increase from Rs1,000 to Rs25,000, while the charge for an association of persons (AOP) will rise from Rs10,000 to Rs50,000. For companies, the amount will increase from Rs20,000 to Rs100,000. The…
