LAHORE MIRROR (AFP) — An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned on Thursday that Tehran may expand the Middle East war to the Indian Ocean if the US or Israel attacks again. Pezeshkian says Iran won’t surrender, after Trump’s annihilation threat “Since the conflict has spread from the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea, it is possible that, in response to more war, the front will expand even further, reaching the Indian Ocean and perhaps beyond,” said Yahya Rahim Safavi in a video released by Iran’s Fars news agency.
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LAHORE MIRROR — Dr Najeeb Naqi was elected the 25th president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Wednesday, securing 32 votes in the presidential election held in the AJK Legislative Assembly. The polling continued until 1pm, with 45 members taking part in the election. Dr Naqi, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominee, defeated Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Chaudhry Latif Akbar, who secured 13 votes. Dr Naqi received 31 votes from PML-N members and one from a member of the Dast-o-Bazu Party. One assembly member remained absent. Dr Naqi belongs to the Pallandri constituency of Poonch Division. He served…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS/AFP)– Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a speech at the United Nations on Wednesday that Tehran would never surrender to the United States but still believes in diplomacy, a day after US President Donald Trump used the same forum to threaten to “annihilate” Iran. The duelling speeches at the annual UN General Assembly in New York bookended the first shuttle talks between the US and Iran for months, which appeared to have yielded no concessions in the public stance of either side towards ending the Middle East war. In his speech, Pezeshkian defended Iran’s military actions as…
LAHORE MIRROR — A 17-year-old boy was arrested in Bahawalpur for allegedly seeking instructions from artificial intelligence (AI) on how to poison his father, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) said on Wednesday. According to an NCCIA spokesperson, the teenager was arrested following intelligence information received from abroad. The spokesperson said the suspect was allegedly inspired by the popular American crime drama Breaking Bad and had set up a laboratory at his home, where he reportedly attempted to prepare poison after seeking guidance from AI. The suspect allegedly procured chemical materials from Australia and Islamabad and prepared the poison.…
LAHOR EMIRROR — Pakistan leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed has claimed the top spot in the ICC Men’s T20I bowling rankings for the first time. Abrar has become the fifth Pakistani bowler to reach No. 1 in the T20I bowling rankings, following Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Imad Wasim and Shahid Afridi. Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan dropped to second place by one rating point after holding the top position for the past six months. Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz remains eighth in the bowling rankings, while Salman Mirza slipped one place to 19th. England’s Jamie Overton made the biggest leap, climbing 47 places to…
LAHORE MIRROR — Retired Lieutenant General Nauman Mehmood has been appointed the first secretary general under the Makkah Defence Pact, the Foreign Office said. According to the Foreign Office, the newly appointed secretary general Nauman Mehmood will lead the alliance’s General Secretariat, which is to be established in Riyadh. The Makkah Joint Defence Pact is a trilateral defence agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye. Under the agreement, an attack on any one of the three countries will be regarded as an attack on all three.
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS)– An Iranian flight, Mahan Air, from Tehran landed in China’s Guangzhou, tracking data by FlightRadar24 said on Wednesday, the day Washington had threatened to “shut down” Tehran’s carriers and punish anyone doing business with them. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned this week that any countries which provided Iranian planes with “landing services” would be “knocked out of the dollar system”, but did not give further details. The Iranian flight was not listed on the official website of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, which was the location shown as the landing site of the Mahan plane.
LAHORE MIRROR — Pakistan shot down eight drones that entered its airspace this morning from the Afghan side. According to security sources, Pakistan’s armed forces’ active and alert air defence system shot down the drones. The sources said four drones were shot down in areas adjoining the Torkham border, while four others were downed in mountainous areas along the border adjoining Kohat. Security sources said the intrusion is yet another piece of evidence of the Afghan Taliban regime’s direct support and patronage of terrorists.
LAHORE MIRROR — Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Coast Guards, in coordination with the Joint Maritime Information Coordination Centre (JMICC), thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large cache of contraband items in the Pishukan area, Balochistan. According to the ISPR, acting on actionable intelligence, the joint operation resulted in the confiscation of a sizeable quantity of liquor and illegal medicines. The seized contraband items have been handed over to the Pakistan Coast Guards for further legal proceedings. Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has commended the Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Coast Guards for successfully foiling a major smuggling attempt in Pishukan, Balochistan…
LAHORE MIRROR — US President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly that he could ‘annihilate’ Iran but expects a deal after the midterms. Nearly 130 world leaders are convening in New York for the annual UN General Assembly, at a time when the world body is facing questions about its relevance. In his speech to the gathering, Trump said he faced a ‘big decision’ about Iran.
