LAHORE MIRROR — Former Pakistan Test captain and wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan will lead Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) against Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) in a four-day President’s Trophy match starting on 19 October at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. SNGPL Director of Cricket and head coach Mohammad Hafeez confirmed that he had received an official email from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director of Domestic Cricket Usama Sheroon Niazi regarding Rizwan’s participation in the match. The 34-year-old wicketkeeper was among seven players urgently recalled to Pakistan by the PCB in August 2026 after the national side suffered a 194-run defeat…
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LAHORE MIRROR (AFP) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Tehran supports a “political process” to resolve the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Houthis have repeatedly attacked Saudi targets, including energy facilities and Riyadh’s international airport, where 13 people were killed in a major attack last week. “We support an inclusive and comprehensive political process as the only practical and sustainable way to resolve the issue,” Araghchi said in a speech at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Baghdad. Araghchi repeated Iran’s offer to mediate between the two sides. Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was fired after less than a week on the job, two US officials said on Friday, after a rocky start as President Donald Trump’s top spokesperson. Zacharia was “let go” and is “transitioning out” of the press secretary position, according to two separate White House officials. She faced days of questions about her legal credentials and criticism of her performance in a news briefing and interviews. The Misinformation Monitor newsletter rounds up international misinformation narratives, with a “Real or Fake?” quiz in every edition. Sign up here. The departure leaves…
LAHORE MIRROR (DAILY BEAST) — US President Donald Trump’s MAGA allies are pressing him to consider martial law, among other extraordinary measures, if they decide the November midterm elections are “rigged.” Tina Peters, a prominent MAGA election activist, met with Trump in October. She was convicted in 2024 of crimes tied to a breach of election equipment, then freed this year after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, commuted her sentence. Peters and her attorney, Peter Ticktin, also visited Trump at the White House in late June. Ticktin, who is Trump’s childhood friend, was among the speakers on a Sept.…
LAHORE MIRROR — Police have arrested a man accused of murdering his cousin, Zainul Abideen, who had reportedly gone missing three days earlier in the Steel Town area, and dumping his body in a sack among rubbish, investigative sources said. According to police sources, the Saudi-returned victim had recently returned from Saudi Arabia, where he worked as a tailor. Initial investigations suggest that a dispute involving a woman and an attempt to stop a video recording triggered a confrontation between the cousins, during which Faisal allegedly attacked Zainul Abideen, causing his death. Investigators said Faisal and an accomplice allegedly stuffed…
LAHORE MIRROR (AFP/REUTERS) — Police detained India’s ‘cockroach’ movement founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday, live images from his group showed, ahead of a protest called by him in capital Delhi’s central business district, the latest rally to demand the resignation of India’s election chief. The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), opposition groups, and student organisations have held almost daily protests this month demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over a revision of voter lists that critics say favours Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). More than 130 million voters were deleted during the revision but the Election…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — Tesla unveiled a redesigned Roadster equipped with thrusters on Thursday, nearly nine years after it first showed a next-generation version of its electric sports car and said it would start production in 2028. Tesla demonstrated the two-seater vehicle, developed in collaboration with CEO Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, showing it driving upside down on a ramp using a suction system and turning in the air and landing using in-built thrusters. The use and legality of such features on public roads were not immediately clear. Musk has played down the car’s importance to Tesla’s finances, describing it…
LAHORE MIRROR — More than 15,000 highly educated Pakistanis have moved abroad for employment so far in 2026, according to official documents presented in parliament, highlighting the continued outflow of skilled professionals from the country. The documents show that 45,830 highly educated Pakistanis went abroad in 2024, while 28,726 secured employment overseas in 2025. In 2026, a further 15,850 highly educated Pakistanis have left the country so far. Those moving abroad include doctors, engineers, IT professionals, educationists, managers and other skilled workers. Managers and Engineers among those seeking overseas jobs According to the documents, 23,674 managers went abroad in 2024,…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — Fast-food chain KFC on Thursday signed Coca-Cola as its beverage partner for US stores, bringing to a close a relationship with PepsiCo that dates back about four decades. The loss of the beverage partnership with KFC, which has 3,718 US locations, could be a setback for PepsiCo as it works to improve soda sales in the country, while its snacks business grapples with high prices and a shift to healthier options. Higher costs have also added to concerns for PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta, who said earlier this month that growth and margin recovery was taking longer…
LAHORE MIRROR — Two masked men smashed the windows of a vehicle belonging to former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif outside Avenfield Apartments in London. According to reports, the two men targeted the vehicle parked outside the apartments and broke its windows. Police have taken CCTV footage of the incident into their possession for investigation. It was reportedly the third such incident involving vehicles associated with Nawaz Sharif. Speaking to the media upon arriving at Avenfield Apartments, Nawaz Sharif expressed sorrow over the collapse of a school roof in Peshawar. He said Punjab Chief Minister…
