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Punjab Police rolls out Drone Emergency Response System to prevent smuggling of drugs, arms

The Police will coordinate with Village Level Defence Committees in areas along the India-Pakistan border to prevent instances of smuggling of narcotics, arms and ammunition

The Hindu

Cyclone Biparjoy set to hit Kutch; Gujarat begins preparations

The very severe cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ intensified into an “extremely severe cyclonic storm” and is likely to cross Saurashtra-Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts around the afternoon of June 15

The Hindu

ACC could accept PCB's 'hybrid model' for Asia Cup, Pakistan team set to travel to India for WC

The Asian Cricket Council, headed by BCCI secretary Jay Shah, is expected to approve PCB’s proposed ‘hybrid model’ for conducting four non-India Asia Cup games in Pakistan while the rest of the matches will be played in Sri Lanka’s Galle and Pallekele.

The Hindu

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BSF shoots down another narcotics-laden Pakistan drone in Amritsar

BSF troops on June 10, 2023, shot down a drone carrying suspected narcotics from Pakistan along the International Border near Rai village in Amritsar

The Hindu

Pakistan lays out budget but may not satisfy IMF

The ‘plain-vanilla’ budget is unlikely to satisfy IMF, which could lead to the South Asian nation defaulting on debt.

Al Jazeera

Cash-strapped Pakistani government proposes budget, complete with funds to fight climate change

Pakistan’s cash-strapped government has presented its draft for the national budget, allocating funds to fight climate change despite staggering $30 billion in losses from last summer’s devastating floods

The Independent UK

Crisis-hit Pakistan set to present budget as IMF watches

Pakistan hopes budget will help unlock more than $2.5bn left in $6.5bn IMF bailout programme expiring this month.

Al Jazeera

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BSF intercepts Pakistani drone at Amritsar, foils smuggling attempt, recovers narcotics

The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a Pakistani drone along the International Border near Rai village in the Amritsar sector in Punjab in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

The Hindu

Imran Khan supporters say their businesses targeted in Pakistan

Authorities in Punjab province deny any acts of vengeance against ex-PM’s political party and its supporters.

Al Jazeera

King told of life-saving aid work thanks to donations to Pakistan Floods Appeal

Charles held a meeting at Buckingham Palace on Thursday with charity chiefs to learn about the response to last summer’s disaster.

The Independent UK

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan granted bail on murder charges

Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan has secured bail over murder charges, blocking his arrest for 14 days, his lawyer Gohar Khan says.

The New Daily

‘Poor people don’t have friends’: A Pakistani widow’s life

Zubeida lives in a village, works for families who live abroad and cleans their vacant homes, where birds come to nest.

Al Jazeera

Canada is ‘giving space to extremists’, says Jaishankar

Addressing a press conference on nine years of Modi government, EAM Jaishankar said that India has de-legitimised cross-border terrorism while citing the country’s approach towards the situation along the Northern border and its opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

The Hindu

Afghan students feel abandoned as India restricts visas

Hundreds of Afghan students are unable to resume their studies as India stopped issuing visas after Taliban takeover.

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Pakistan army vows to punish ‘planners’ of violent protests

Military also denies allegations of human rights abuses after PTI said some of its members were tortured in custody.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan accused in lawyer murder case

Lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar was shot by unknown gunmen and had accused Khan of high treason, police say.

Dynamite News

Pakistan: Jahangir Khan Tareen to announce new political party tomorrow

Pakistani politician Jahangir Khan Tareen, once former Prime Minister Imran Khan's closest aide, will announce his new political party, mostly comprising the former ruling party's defectors, on Thursday, ARY News reported. Read further on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

Why a map in India’s new parliament has riled its neighbours

Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan express displeasure over ‘Undivided India’ mural in the recently inaugurated building.

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‘Picked up by armed men’: Pakistani TV journalist returns home after 24 hours

About 24 hours after being “picked up at gunpoint”, Pakistani TV journalist Zubair Anjum returned home in Karachi in the wee hours of Wednesday, Dawn reported.

Daily Mirror

'My baby's chronic eczema disappeared when we started travelling the world'

Nadia Akhtar and Irfan Aziz left their home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire to head to Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia with their young son Zakariya

The Conversation

Refugee camps are at higher risk of extreme weather – new research

Around the world, climate change, violence and poverty are forcing people from their homes. The UN’s refugee agency estimated that by mid-2022, there were 103 million people displaced from their homes, compared to 90 million at the end of 2021.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan PM hopeful of IMF deal this month amid escalating crisis

Shehbaz Sharif’s statement comes as Pakistan seeks immediate release of $1.1bn from IMF, part of $6.5bn bailout package.

Reuters

Repeated arrests, filthy cells: Inside Pakistan's crackdown

Hammad Azhar, who has served as Pakistan's finance and energy minister, says police and plain-clothed officials have burst into his home six times in recent weeks, smashed his belongings and threatened his 82-year-old father, warning that his daughter would be abducted.

Reuters

Pakistan's embattled Imran Khan faces blackout on local media

Coverage of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has disappeared from all mainstream news channels in the country after the media regulator asked networks to block out people involved in rioting last month, a Reuters survey showed on Monday.

Reuters

Pakistan's Prime Minister hopeful for deal with IMF this month

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is hopeful of finalising a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month, he said in an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu.

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