Journalist
Correspondent, Technology, Diaspora & Sport
Afaq Javed is a Correspondent for The Indus Compass covering technology, AI, the diaspora and growth.
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Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa ran 2:11:04 in Berlin, the third-fastest women's marathon ever, after injury in the final kilometres ended her world record bid.
Murad Khan scored 21 points as Pakistan beat Kazakhstan in their volleyball opener, while Noor Zaman won the all-Pakistan squash playoff in Nagoya.
Beijing responded diplomatically to the White House switch to 'super intelligence', as the two powers agreed a channel for AI incidents.
Noor Zaman and Ashab Irfan won bronze after semi-final defeats in Nagoya, while Pakistan's hockey team lost 5-4 to Malaysia despite four goals from Sufyan Khan.
Pakistan held firm for half an hour in Bandung before Thailand pulled away, with Teerasak Poeiphimai scoring twice. Pakistan face the Philippines next on September 29.
A Rawalpindi court jailed the agent and ordered Rs100,000 compensation for each of 92 nurses deported from Saudi Arabia over fake certificates.
Babar Azam's first first-class innings in nearly seven years ended early, while Abdullah Fazal hit the second-fastest domestic triple century.
Nolberto Solano's Pakistan, ranked 198th, open their FIFA ASEAN Cup campaign against 94th-ranked Thailand, fresh from a title win in the Maldives.
On the first papal visit to France in 18 years, Pope Leo XIV called for ethical education in the age of AI and warned against profit-driven science.
At a UN Security Council briefing on AI, Ishaq Dar called for human control, military guardrails and inclusive global governance of the technology.
