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Field Marshal Asim Munir, Lebanese army chief                                                                                         Six FC personnel

.discuss regional security environment; Bahrain
commander also meets CDF

US launches
strikes on Iran
after Apache.
copter downed

US nilitary says  ‘proportional’: strikes carried out against Iran;
Trump says both pilots ‘safe and uninjured’; Araghchi says —
foreign forces face ‘constant risk’ of being caught in crossfire,
urges them to leave Hormuz; deputy FM says US helicopter not
' deliberately targeted by Iran; Ghalibaf warns US against breaking
its ‘commitments’; Trump says Iran peace deal in final stages;
Al Arabiya reports ‘Islamabad communicating with all parties
_ toreach deal to end Iran-US war this week’, oil falls below $90 a
barrel on hopes of Iran deal; “Trump claimed 38 times in over two
months US-Iran deal was near, but no final agreement emerged’;
Wright says oil exports through Hormuz, Gulf will ‘continue to
rise’; Hezbollah urges Lebanon to mend ties with Iran; Iran media
says two military personne! killed in Israeli strikes on Monday

Hews Desk/Agencies        down an Apache attack heli. mander in Chief's direction,
copter the day before, the US in response to yesterday's

WASHINGTONISLAMABAD: military said.             downing of fy:
US forces carried out “propor- —- American forces *began a U.S. Army   anes
tional” strikes against franon Jaunching self-defense                 ce


Tuesday in response to the strikes against Iran, at 6 Continued on §
Islamic republic shooting p.m. ET today at the Com-             pages ms
AJK govt moves against | President
banned JAAC leaders | ‘oparate
on sedition charges | NA, Senate.

.. Rsl0m reward announced for information
about 4 wanted activists; partial strike observed
in AJK; clashes in Rawalakot leave several .
protesters, security personnel critically injured;
* five leaders announce disassociation from
_ proscribed outfit; § suspects arrested with
sensitive material, suspicious contacts;
source hints at dubious foreign funding behind
unrest; Talal says situation under control;
PTI condemns use of ‘excessive’ force

Gort likely to   resent
budget on 12th: ‘Tariq Fazal

By Asim Yasin/News Desk

ISLAMABAD: The president
has approved summoning
of separate sessions of NA
and Senate on Wednesday:
(Goday).


Cpejay PMLN, PPP agree
IE on fiscal deal


martyred in Peshawar
check-post attack

TIP claims responsibility

By Javed Aziz Khan &
Syed Yasir Shah

PESHAWAR: Six personnel ...

‘were dispatched to the area
. immediately after reports of
- the altack were received.

“Six paramilitary soldiers

ety without formally

in FY27     ‘touching
mguroaleerna   NFC, BISP:
Turtacnenennse Cabinet SOUrce
law poue tn the same dives. -—GyAmarAneel—

tion. The need for change

opportunity to act presents ship of the Pakistan Muslii

itself. The constitutional League Nawaz (PMLN) ‘and formula and structure of

framework already exists... Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) BISP will remain untouched,
Pakistan may be living have reached a broad under- a move framed as an effort
through one now,         standing on key aspects ofthe to address the Centre's

financial concems while
preserving seams B
the country's Bs

Three years ago, the country’s resource distribu.
country stood on the brink thon framework, without for-
of an economic crisis, For. mally touching the National

of the Federal Constabulary of the FC were martyred
(FC) were martyred and as when a number of terrorists
many others were wounded attacked a post in a remote
when terrorists attacked a area in Hassan Khel,” Inspeo-
security post in Hassan Khel, tor General of Police Zulfiqar

is prhy to the discussions |a remote town of the pro. Hameed told The News.

between the two sides,|vincial capital Peshawar, on Security sources claimed
becomes undeniable. The ISLAMABAD: Senior kader- said that both parties have | Tuesday. -               ae
im agreed that the NFC Award      Officials said the mili. killed or injured during the

+ that several terrorists were

tants launched the attack at ensuing firefight, although
midnight, triggering a fierce no independent confirmation
exchange of gunfire. Rein- was immediately available.

forcements from Kohat and = The Personnel m
Peshawar, including security
forces and police personnel,             Continued on apage 9


By our correspondent’     proceedings against banned
Kasim Abbas]                       Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami

Action Committee (JAAC)

MUZAFFARABADY ISLAMA- leaders Shaukat Nawaz Mir,
BAD: The Azad Jammu and and Khawaja Mehran Arshad
Kashmir (AJK) government

has initiated ‘formal legal            Continued on page 4


Largest party should
govern GB: Dar

Congratulates Bilawal; verdict.
- remains incomplete as re-polling
ordered in 26 stations ~

By Zebunnisa ‘Burd      ” ing at 6 polling stations

. across five constituencies and

KARACHI: ‘The firal outcome  barred returning officers from
of the Gilgit-Baltistan elec. consolidating results until the
tions remains in imbo after fresh vote is completed. The

According to an
announcement from the
Aiwan-eSadr on Tuesday,
President Asif Ali Zardari
approved the summoning
of separate sessions of the
National Assembly and Sen-
ate on Wednesday (today),

eign exchange reserves Finance Commission (NFC) existing social -2

were collapsing, inflation Award and Benazir Income

was surging, and default was Support Programme (BISP). Continued on   ne
being widely discussed. Pol. _A credible source, who           pages
icymakers were consumed

by survival. A single crite.                NE Cc

tion Judged every decision:

would It help Pakistan make                                   to  ap prove.

it through the next month?

The stability Pakistan
enjoys today is neither
automatic nor costless. It is
hard won. Businesses and

Rs4.5tr uplift outlay,
macroeconomic framework
“PM likely to approve Rs1.126tr for PSDB,

Continued on pages Res 198tr for provinces, Rs0.45tr for state-
—            owned enterprises; govt to form technical
Thousands :        committees to secure Rs1.2tr from provinces
akistanis       By Mehiab Halder       ‘The announcement of the
of P                             BLAMABAD: Prime Minister’  di  duete Saeanics ha ed
go.                                                     lue to difficulties in evolv-
overstaying,          Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled ing consensus among major
seeking asylum    to chair the highest economic’ coalition partners and in
decision-making body — the convincing the provinces to
‘after ‘foreign      National Economic Coun- freeze their financial share
I:   FIA.          cil (NEC) — on Wednes- under the National Finance
trave                 day (today) to approve the Commission (NFC) Award
national development outlay at the level of the outgoing
By cur correspondent = of Ro4.5 trillion and the mac- fiscal year. For this purpose,

sessions today ISLAMABAD: ‘The Federal

Investigation Agency (FLA)
informed the National Assera-
bly’s Standing Committee
on Interior and Narcotics
that thousands of Pakistanis
who travelled abroad on visit
and student visas had either
overstayed or sought asylum,
while new humans

routes through Malaysia and
Uzbekistan had aso emerged.
- The National Assembly's
Standing Committee on Inte-
rior and Narcotics was also
informed on Tuesday that
around 10,000 Pakistanis
who travelled to the United
Kingdom on study visas later
applied for political asytum.

June 10 The National Assem-| The disclosure came during
bly session will be convened | a meeting of the committee,

at 5pm, while the Senate ses-
sion was scheduled for 4pm
onthe same day,
Meanwhile, Parliamen-
tary Affairs Minister Tariq
Fazal Chaudhry said on
Tuesday that the federal
budget for the fiscal year
2026-27 was likely to be
presented in the Nationa]
Assembly on June 12,
He said Finance Minister!
Muhammad Aurangzeb will

Continued on page 4


14 terrorists
killed in
‘Balochistan

By Muhammad Anis.

present the federal budget RAWALPINDI: Security

roeconomic framework for
the upcoming budget 2025-27, :

PM asks for plans to
boost cotton production

Stresses need for effective federal-provincial
coordination, policy harmonisation; wants
privatisation process of Discos accelerated;
Pakistan-Global Fund joint working group
formed to prevent diseases; Pakistan asked
to increase domestic investment in health .
sector as global funding shrinks

TAPP & MM Wanar Bhatt]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minis. .
ter Shehbaz Sharif on Tues-
day directed the provinces,
particularly Balochistan, to
prosent comprehensive plans
for increasing cotton produce
tion, He instructed that the
notification of the reconsti-
tuted Cotton Boar