‘Israel violated Lebanon truce nearly 3,500 times’ – Newspaper
The wife of a Lebanese army captain, who was killed by Israeli bombardment, salutes as mourners carry her husband’s coffin at his home village in southern Lebanon.—AFP • Woman, child among 12 killed in attacks on Zifta, Tyre• Beirut counts 3,491 Israeli strikes since April 17; fresh bombardment damages Unesco heritage site• Hezbollah denies contact […]
AJK flare-up – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
MATTERS have worsened in the stand-off between the Azad Kashmir government and the Joint Awami Action Committee, which has recently been proscribed by the regional administration. The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers on Saturday. The following day protesters and LEAs clashed outside […]
Pakistan’s vital US-Iran peace efforts – World
US President Trump announced in Wisconsin that the Iran war is “largely finished.” He explained that his goal is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and “the situation with Iran seems to be going quite well”. President Trump also said that he would be honoured to meet the Iranian Supreme leader if the […]
Non-bailable warrants reissued for CM Afridi in Peca case – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A local court on Monday reissued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi over his continued failure to appear in a case registered under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca). Senior Civil Judge Muhammad Abbas Shah directed the authorities concerned to arrest CM Afridi and produce him before the court. […]
PPP poised to form govt in GB – Newspaper
GILGIT: The PPP is all set to form a government in Gilgit-Baltistan after it gained 11 out of 24 seats in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly, according to unofficial results (Forms-47) of the June 7 elections. As per Forms-47 issued by returning officers from 24 constituencies, the PPP bagged 11 seats, with the PML-N trailing with […]
AJK braces for long march as tensions persist – Pakistan
• ‘Proscribed’ JAAC to go ahead with rally from Bhimber to Muzaffarabad, sit-in outside assembly• Officials say govt ‘will not allow’ march to go ahead; large crowds unlikely since group’s leadership is ‘on the run’ MUZAFFARABAD: In the aftermath of Sunday night’s fierce clashes that claimed the lives of seven civilians and four law enforcement […]