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Saturday, June 20, 2026

Karachi Edition


Judge with ill    pats LA
to
repute deserves | fyi 'o Cente
By Mumtaz Alvi

dismissal, not
compulsory
retirement: SC

ISLAMABAD: Aleema Khan,
the sister of incarcerated                     :
founder chairman Pakistan                       :                             3                            LE
Tehreck-e Insaf Imran Khan,  PESHA WAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail
on Friday claimed that the | Afrid! presenting provincial budget, Friday. Former chief
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa gov-| minister All Amin Gandapur Is also present. —NNI
emment would net sign any
agreement to transfer Rs175


Bained JAAC   A   o7

leader booked   k nie ’

for sedition   0 ays IFECLOrS -
| emer | appointment under
guess _ SOEs Act

of the proscribed Jammu  ISLAMABAD: Federal Minis- merce Jam Kamal Khan, Fed-
Kashmir Joint Awami Action | ter for Finance and Revenue eral Sinister for Science and
Committee (JAAC), for tar-| Senator Muhammad Aurang- Technology Khalid Hussain
geting the country’s security | 2cb on Friday chaired a meet. Magsi, and Federal Minister

Judgment authored by Justice                os            .                                     archi               .      the Cabinet Commitice for Maritime Affairs Muham-
Shalle Waheed says a judge's intesrity            Contioaed on page 8  Mary. am approves new  wa ER wae formally  gasegmdoee rad dura Ana, long
can’t be divided — itis either complete              _     hospitals under Nawaz iat Police Station after intel-| Division.                  Continued on page 9
ornorexistent; observes compulsory | .NA opposition.                                                    ee |

retirement with benefits suggests judicial |" submits 654’ | Sharif Medical project |ssotsiies dined    Outrage in Italy after
integrity snegotavle ana] CUbMOtions on | —“Ondersimmediatereductionin transport |" Atcarding to official]                          :
suiauen w> Trews    " cong ua cm   grants for six              Sa srt Prastic     ing fon Daa er      Trump Says Meloni
Court (SC) has observed Muhammed shad Siddiqu,| —_ Tninistries       FO STEDMAN * suche Sugeryand Buns |semelsennginnesmneal —‘Hegged’ for photo op
that integrity of a judge goes tssued a dotalled judgment in        By Asim Yasin ~    LAHORE:  Punjab Chief Gant, an inthve of Getic forces of Pakistan to revolt

beyond merely staying away the case conceming the dis-                                        Minister Maryam Nawaz and Blood Discases, a Centre

from allegations of corrup- missal of former Additional | SLAMABAD, The PTI-backed | has approved establishment of Excellence for Nursing and

thon, as a judicial officer must. District and Sessions Judge | opposition legislators in the | of the Institute of Surgical Midwifery, an Institute of Oph-

also maintain anunblemished Afzal Zahid, who was posted | National Assembly on Friday | Orthopaedic and Medical thalmotogy and an Infectious

sharacters impeccable con- in tehsil Maisi, Punjab. Jus-| submitted 654 cut motions| Rehabilitation and Chil- Diseases Hospital within the
and a respectable stand-  tice Shahid Waheed authored  against the demands for grants  dren's HospitalIV under the medical cit

fen   society,                     the judgment,                        Of six key federal ministries, | Nawaz Sharif Medical Dis-:

bal city.

: According to the plan,

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Continved oa page 9] = She also approved the con-

Contiooed on page 9                                                            Continued on page 9

against their institution. :          ROME: Italy reacted angrily  comments to Italian channel
Senior officials stated that | on Friday after reported com- La’

the speech marks a danger. ments by US President Don--

ous departure from the civic fald Trump mocking Prime transcript of the phone inter:

and economic narrative the | Minister Giorgia Meloni, with view provided to AFP by

JAAC originally claimed to| the foreign minister canocl   the network, he said Meloni

Fepresent.                          ling a.          ed US visi. ~ “bogged me fora picture”  at

Meloni said she was
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7, ccording toa vritten


of the apex court, headed by

Climate funding] Balochistan | Private Haj
cutamplifies |. .tosend    Policy 2027-30
Pakistan's | DrMahnoorto| approved |
connection | vulnerability |US for advanced Rees agen yh

© Hews Desk -                    * By Kasim Abbasi                    treatment                operators must secure

NEW DELL Racvrija Snay-| ISLAMABAD: At time when | By Mohammad Zafar Baloch | DeOKigsfor atleast £000
amsevak Sangh (RSS) public-| neighbours are investing more                       pilgrims or face penalties
ity chief Sunil Ambekar has | heavily in dimate resilience,  QUETTA: On the directives         8y Muhammad Anis °
called for for "people-to-peo- | Pakistan has decided to reduce | of Chief Minister Balochistan
ple connection” between | dimaterdated development | Mir Sarfraz Bugti, the provin- | ISLAMABAD; The federal
India and Pakistan the other| spending in its FY2026-27| cial government has decided | cabinet has approved the
day, saying dialogues held| budget despite growing evi- | to send acid attack victim Dr | Private Haj Policy 2027-2030,
between the governments of | dence of being most vulnerable | Mahnoor Nasar abroad for] presented by the Ministry
both neighbouring Countries  country to climate change.       advanced medical treatment. [of Religious Affairs, intro-
.      The federal government] - CM's aide Shahid Rind | ducing major reforms aimed
A etiell dialogue has | has allocated Rs2.4 billion j said the Chief Minister’s Sco-| at improving transparency,
taken place between govem- | ($3.6 million) for climate-re- | retariat had formally issued  accountability, and protection
ments, armies and agencies | lated Public Sector Devel-| directives to the relevant] of pigrims.
has failed Gl now.                opment P                 e (PSDP)  authorities for arranging t the      According to a mintsury

Contioned on page 9        “ontinved on page 9        Continued on page 9        Continued on page 9

RSS calls
-for Pak-India .

people-to-people

Woes of masses,
business’
community
compounded.

_ by govt: PTI

Patys lawmakers submit
motion to NA Secretariat
over presentation of
“wrong data’ in budget
By our correspondent

ISLAMABAD; The Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on
Friday alleged that the rub
ers’ ‘short-sighted’ polictes,
coupled with their total dis-
regard for the business com-
Munity’s concems and pov:
erty-stricken and inflation-hit

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Contioned on page 9 | *frankly stunned” by Trump's
60pe Americans

CJP, FCC              Kartarpur -
CJ to ‘attend       Corridor likely | oppose Israel,
legal forum | to reopen soon: | 37pc support it

in Russia           BJP leader, | Istaclallocates $11bn for
President                                News Desk                 image restoration effort

PMs:                                                                  News Desk
ae         AMRITSAR: The Kartarp
By our correspondest | Corridor, the visafree pil-| WASHINGTON: Loact is fc:
ISLAMABAD, President Asif grimage link between India | ing a growing public
Ali Zardari has approved |and Pakistan, {s expected to | challenge in the United States
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sha-]reopen soon, according to} (US) as opinion polls and
tif's advice regarding the par- | Bharatiya Janata              media reports point to decline
ticipation of Chief Justice of |national general secretary  eee aoe toe
Pakistan (CJP) and the chief | Tarun Chugh, who said the | American society, pro!
justice of the Federal Consti-} closure was due to “techni-|a major $11 billion aie
tutional Court (FCC) in the] cal reasons”, Indian media [to improve its image and
14th St Petersburg Intema- | reported.       .                   tebuild public backing, .
tional Legal Forum.           His remarks came during] According to reports cited
The approval was]a visit to Amritsar alongside | by Isracli media outkts, Isra
granted |  on  the |  prime newsly appointed Punjab BIP e's public relations budget

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