LAHORE MIRROR — Malaysia beat Pakistan in a Group B match of the hockey event at the ongoing Asian Games in Japan. The hockey match was level at 3-3 at the end of the third quarter. Pakistan’s Sufyan Khan scored his fourth goal in the final quarter to give his side a one-goal lead. However, Malaysia scored twice in the final five minutes to beat Pakistan 5-4. All four of Pakistan’s goals were scored by Sufyan Khan. Malaysia currently lead Group B, while Pakistan are second. Pakistan will play their final group-stage match against Oman.
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LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the Middle East. Iran raised the initiative at the UN General Assembly in New York, saying it had been transmitted to the Americans via Qatari mediators and that it could reopen the strategic waterway and put an end to hostilities in the region within seven days. But in comments to reporters at the White House, Trump said: “I reject their proposal. … I rejected their deal. “They want to make a deal to…
LAHOR EMIRROR — At least 11 people were killed and 30 others injured in a suspected suicide blast in the Darazinda area of Dera Ismail Khan, sources said. According to sources, terrorists targeted a police check post established as part of anti-smuggling operations and security arrangements for a peace festival. The attackers allegedly parked a loader-rickshaw, commonly known as a Qingqi, near the check post, after which a powerful explosion occurred. The suicide blast in Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan) claimed the lives of 11 people and left 30 others injured. Some of the injured are reportedly in critical condition.…
Pakistan’s political fight has become a familiar script: one party comes to power, the other takes to the streets; the government calls it destabilisation, the opposition calls it resistance. Then the roles change — but the script remains. The names change. The slogans change. The containers on the roads do not. Today, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf is confronting the government. Yesterday, different political parties faced similar confrontations. Tomorrow, another government may find itself on the receiving end of the same politics. This is not simply a PTI-versus-PML-N story. It is a story about a political culture that Pakistan has carried for…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — Virat Kohli said next year’s 50-overs World Cup would be his last for India and he is ready to give his all to help lift the trophy. Kohli, the leading century-maker in ODIs with 54 hundreds, retired from T20 internationals and Test cricket earlier and now represents India only in the 50-over format. The 37-year-old batter, who has scored 14,941 runs in one-day internationals, second only to Sachin Tendulkar’s 18,426, won the World Cup on home soil in 2011 before suffering defeat in the 2023 final against Australia. The 2027 edition, to be jointly hosted by…
LAHOR EMIRROR — China and the US have agreed to a $30 billion reciprocal tariff-reduction arrangement and to launch dialogue on AI, under an eight-point consensus reached during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his high-powered visit to the US on Friday. He received a red-carpet welcome and a state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump.
LAHORE MIRROR — The Collectorate of Customs Enforcement, Quetta, has foiled a major attempt to smuggle gold through the border regions of Balochistan, seizing 6.162 kilograms of gold bars with an estimated value of approximately Rs.250 million. The seizure was made by staff of the Field Enforcement Unit in Sheela Bagh, with the active assistance and support of the Frontier Corps. Acting on intelligence and maintaining heightened vigilance in the area, enforcement personnel intercepted the suspected smuggling attempt and recovered the gold bars. The operation is part of the Collectorate’s intelligence-based, intensified anti-smuggling campaign, which is being carried out across…
LAHORE MIRROR — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said any threat to the safety and sanctity of the Harmain al-Sharifain is a red line that must never be crossed. He was addressing the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. PM Shehbaz said the attempted drone attack on the holy city of Makkah has outraged Muslims across the globe. He condemned in the strongest possible terms the recent deplorable attacks by the Houthis against Saudi Arabia. The Prime Minister said Pakistan stands in complete solidarity with the brotherly people of Saudi Arabia. He also emphasised that…
LAHORE MIRROR — Senior military officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye met in Riyadh on Friday under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement to discuss the security situation and ways to strengthen military cooperation among the three countries. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the meeting was attended by Field Marshal Asim Munir, Türkiye’s Chief of General Staff Gen Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu and Saudi Arabia’s Chief of General Staff. The meeting reviewed the security situation and threats confronting Saudi Arabia. The participants condemned attacks targeting Makkah, civilian populations and economic installations. The officials also appreciated the readiness and professional capabilities…
LAHORE MIRROR (Reuters) — From his high-profile address to the UN General Assembly to his high-stakes White House summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump this week was looking to reassert himself on the world stage. But Trump’s diplomatic flurry has done little to dispel the view among many analysts of a president beset by problems at home and abroad. Those include a widening Iran war that has driven up US gasoline prices and cratered his approval ratings, while his relations with allies worsen and the AI challenge from China intensifies. With the limits of his power…
