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| Karachi | Thursday, July 02, 2026


US, Iran wrap up indirect Doha talks

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been since basically the last 20.
or 30 years,” Vance’ says, sto
ping short of US President Do
ald Trump's claim that Iran’s nu-.
‘clear program has been “totally.
obliterated”:

"What the president asks you!
to accomplish is to destroy the.
‘defense’ industrial base of that?
country, so that if they ever di
cided to rebuild their milita
or if they ever decided to re-.
build that nuclear program, they"
‘would be harmless to do it, You”
did that exactly'as well,” Vance
tells the US troops. |

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4c process, the statement added. :
_' A senior US’ official said that
“Witkoff ‘and Kusher "have both
chad ‘very: good conversations
with!  Tegional  leaders" adding
“that technical talks are “ongoing
and “good progress'continues to
“be made.": This meeting comes
a day after Witkoff and Kushner
:met with Qatar’s prime minis-
‘ter, as they attend talks in Doha
at the same time as Iranian offi-
cials'are holding separate talks
with mediator Qatar:
Addressing troops. at a naval
zair base in Virginia, US Vice Pres-.

dois drop bombs just for the sak
of dropping bombs. And that i:     ‘ary reporters’ on Monday, in
what the president will, neve    hich he warned that Iran’s Su-' the sources said!"
sk you to do,” Vance continues, preme Leader Mojtaba Khame-. _ The_US military commander:
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas - nei was "marked for death," and overseeing forces in the Middle:
Araghchi “warned Wednesday” that while Tehran was attempt- East spoke with ‘other regional! 7
that the. US-Iran memorandum “ing to “extract concessions” in ‘military officials Wednesday to
of understanding obligates the ‘  “its talks" with Washington, Is- discuss “the current regional se-
US to “muzzle its pets in Tel Aviv" rael “will not allow Iran to de: curity: environment,’ including’
nd prevent Israel from militar-:: velop nuclear weapons... If an the Strait of Hormuz, US Central
ily threatening Iran, in response’, agreement achieves that, all the Command announced, :

to remarks by Defense Minister better”            fAdm, Brad Cooper, CENTCOM ;
Israel Katz. “The terms of the Is-, Two Iranian sources sald Teh-. commander, and Senior military;
lamabad MoU_are’ crystal ‘clear ran was determined to win inter- officials’ from Bahrain, Egypt,
and public for all to see, POTUS * national recognition of its con- Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman,’
has committed the US to muz-:‘trol over the Strait of Hormuz Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the:
:- gling its pets In Tel Aviv,” Aragh==:and abllity to levy fees on ships United. Arab Emirates, and Ye-"

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against our People and Lead.
ership will receive Immediat
Powerful Response, the top Ira


he US earlier this month, Iran
greed to let ships pass through
the: Strait for 60 days. without
charge. But it believes the word-.


region“. the: CENTCOM release?
said. “Leaders underscored their :
shared commitment to the free;

fense collaboration across the!


; intelligence says about their nu-
“clear program, they are further
saway from developing a nucle-

try to threaten their neighbors:
or fund terrorism, we've got op-:
tons.” “But what we must neve!

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ponse to remarks Katz made ok


Ing of the agreement allows it to.
eep control of which ships may.

flow of commerce through the:
Strait of Hormuz."-

PM orders monsoon preparedness as first| Pakistan rejects :


* budget to accelerate the com:
pletion of major water infra-.
structure projects...

: Recalling the lessons learned
from previous flood emergen-.

‘From page 1

‘for Power. Sardar Awais A=:
rmad Khan Leghari, Minister’
for Climate Charige Musadik
. Malik; Minister for .Informa-
‘tion ‘Technology and Tele-:, cies, the prime minister direct-
zcommunication Shaza Fati-: ed all the relevant institutions,
ima Khawaja, Minister .for? to implement'’a comprehen-
_ Law Azam Nazeer Tarar, Ad-" sive flood mitigation roadmap.
:viser to the PM on Political He further directed the pro-
[Affairs Rana Sanaullah, Min-* vincial ° governments . to: re-
‘ister of State for Finance Bi+; move’ illegal encroachments
“lal Azhar Kayani, Chairman : and resolve other obstacles in
“WAPDA, chief secretaries of. the river channels and flood
tall provinces and senior, of-  pathways, particularly in those’
‘ficials from relevant govern-" districts” identified as highly”
-ment departments. ,      a       “vulnerable to flooding, . .....

: As part of the preparedness     * He also instructed all feder«
imeasures,: the’ prime minise:; al and provincial institutions
‘ter directed the federal minis-* to deploy their. full adminis-.
‘ter for Climate Change and the; trative and technical resources
Schairman of the National Di-: facilitate the public through-:
“saster Management ..Authori-“: out the monsoon season:

‘ty (NDMA) toundertake emer-: .. During the’ meeting, NDMA
gency visits to all provinces,’ Chairman Lieutenant General
; Azad Jammu and Kashmir and _ Inam Haider Malik briefed par=:
: Gilgit-Baltistan during the cur-: ticipants on the country’s pre-
: rent week to assess and final-. paredness measures, expected
:1ze monsoon preparedness... ' weather patterns, flood risks,”

He further emphasized that..and_ evolving ‘climate trends,:
‘ projects financed by’ the- ins” According to the briefing, ex
ternational development part-¢ treme heatwaves and unusue.

iners should ~ also, focus.. on: al climatic conditions are ex:
strengthening the institutiun-; pected: across ‘ many, parts.
ial and technical capacity of na-:, of the world this year. Paki
tional ‘and local Institutions. stan is also forecast to expe!
‘and departments.’                       ence prolonged heatwaves and
Highlighting “thei govern-: above-normal’ rainfall during
:ment’s ‘commitment to wa-: July,’ increasing the. risk of
‘ter security, the prime. minis-:
«ter mentioned an allocation of:
‘additional Rs330 billion in the’


flooding in vulnerable regions. :
The NDMA‘ informed ‘the:
Meeting that“all,. necessary’


ing ‘implemented “under
a comprehensive prepared:
ness strategy, Meanwhile, PM.
Shchbaz’ Sharif on Wednes
day directed the Overseas Pa-
kistanis:, Foundation (OPF)
to: expedite. welfare.“initia-
tives .and ‘improve services
for overseas Pakistanis, and
described them‘as 4 valuable
national asset and acknowl-
edged their vital contribution
to the country's economy. The
prime minister issued the di-
rectives. during. a meeting
with OPF Board of Governors
Chairman’ Syed Qamar Raza
and Managing Director Afzal
Bhatti here, the Prime Minis-
ter’s Office news release said.
During the meeting; discus-
sions focused on the founda-

" tion’s ongoing efforts to. ad-

dress the problems faced by
Pakistanis living abroad and
to further ‘enhance’ welfare
and facilitation measures for
them,

The prime!’minister: said
overseas ‘Pakistanis. are: a
precious asset of the: nation

and play a significant role in ©

strengthening Pakistan's for-

eign exchange reserves by re-,
 mitting thelr hard-earned fn-

some to the country:
. He ‘instructed. the’ OPF. to

further accelerate the imple-:

mentation: of ongoing . wel-

fare projects and initiatives

for expatriate Pakistanis and

delivering serv’


ensure greater. efficiency in


‘ing satisfaction over the foun-
‘dation's performance, Prime
Minister Shehbaz Sharif di-
‘rected the OPF leadership to
‘prepare and present a com-
prehensive : plan... for, fur-
ther. improving ‘its . services
and welfare programmes for
‘overseas Pakistanis.

~The meeting also included 3

briefing’ on a comprehensive
roadmap aimed at introduc-
ing. additional measures for
the welfare and facilitation of
Overseas Pakistanis.

The OPF chairman and man-
aging director paid tribute tothe
prime minister for Pakistan's ef-
forts in promoting global peace,
Monsoon .. rains’ accompanied
by windstorms .and thunder-
storms brought much-needed
relief from the: prevailing hot
and humid weather in’ Islam-
bad, Rawalpindi and several
upper and central parts of the
‘country; on Wednesday, with
the Pakistan Meteorological De-
partment: (PMD) .. forecasting
more rain across these


on Thursday.”
Rain-windstorms and thun-
‘dershowers, . with. : Isolated

heavy falls, occurred in Kash-
mir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, up-
per Punjab, Islamabad, Gilg-
it-Baltistan ‘and northeastern
Balochistan.” In the: federal
capital, rain that started in the
evening .continued intermit-
tently with gaps tll night, low-
ering temperatures and pro-
viding respite from the