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PIA-all.set:to resume.
Beijing-Islamabad

flights from tomorrow. |

NEWS WIRE.

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BEIJING


: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
iis all set to resume its direct passen:
‘ger service between Beijing and Is-
:. lamabad from Friday (July 3, 2026),
restoring an Important air link be-

: tween Pakistan’ and China “afte  a

: temporary suspension,
_.. the airline last operated its ; sched-

“uled’ Beijing-Islamabad flight on 10

: April 2026, The resumption of servic-
7,¢s is expected to provide much-nced-
Led ‘convenience for students, busi-
‘ness travelers, tourists,and families
 travelling between the two countries.
Passengers from 25 citles across
+ China'will also benefit from enhanced
connectivity through PIA'’s commer-,


‘cial partnerships with Air China and

Shenzhen Airlines,” enabling ‘seam-
less onward travel to Islamabad via
Beijing, To further enhance the travel
experience, PIA has introduced an up-
graded free baggage allowance of 50
kg (two pieces} in Economy Class and

:60 kg (two pieces) In Executive Econ-

omy. The airline is also offering pro-
motional fares on the Beijing-Islam-
abad route along with competitive
through fares from connected cities

‘across China. Passengers are encour-
aged to make reservations early, as

promotional fares are available.on a

limited number of seats. The resump-

tion of flights is expected to further

‘strengthen tourism, trade, education-
‘al exchanges, and people-to-people
ties between Pakistan and China. ,


VIRGINIA: US Vice President JD Vance speaks during an event marking 250 years of the American’
military at Naval Air Station Oceana In Virginia Beach, Virginia.—Wire photo.

-Pakistani-Americans celebrate.
-Pakistan’s role in promoting
regional,  int'l peace:

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NEWYORK *


regional stability’ They
highly commended. ‘the
vision and statesmanship
‘of the current leadership
‘of Pakistan, as‘ well as
the professionalism, pre-
parediess, and unwaver-
Ing commitment. of the
Pakistan Armed Forces
in safeguarding national
interests and contrib-
uting to. regional peace
‘and security.

“representatives of varie
‘ous political parties and
2a large number of Pak:
istani-Americans ‘from
“the tri-state area: Paki-
‘stan’s: -Consul-General
jin Aamer Ahmed Atozai
was the chief guest: "~”
Speakers _ paid” trib-.
te to Pakistan and its’


“Pakistan's role as a me:
‘diator and facilitator’
{ that contributed to eas:
Zing tensions between :
“the United States and -
- Tran’ was. hailed. at a
; community event orga
‘nized by PML-N, USA, ‘leadership for their con-
“on” Wednesday. The ‘structive role in promot-
‘event was ‘attended by “Ing peace, dialogue, and


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store Hams on running contract basis for ane year i.e (01 July 2026 te 30-June 2027) upto]

30 June 2027,

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store items) with rates offered should be received “CR* Section of OGDP’s Oilice Rawalpind
before 14 July 2026 at 11:00 AM. Tenders shall be opened on the same day at 11:30 AM in
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Israel grants US confiscated
Palestinian land to build

Jerusalem embassy complex for $1

NEWS WIRE
"JERUSALEM


Israel ‘and thé! United States
signed .. an   agreement :   on
Wednesday , under! which
Washington will receive a plot
of land once owned by Pales-:;
tinians in Jerusalem for $1 to
build the permanent site of the
US Embassy in the city.’

Foreign. Minister.. Gideon
Saar and US Ambassador to fs-
rael Mike Huckabee signed the
agreement, in the presence of
Jerusalem’ Mayor Moshe Lion,
to allocate the land for build-
ing’ the permanent US E:


‘said ina statement. “The lease


national consensus on Jerusa
lem's status.

bassy compound in jerusalem,
the Israeli Foreign Ministry


agreement for the Sand is for
99 years, and the United States
‘will pay Israel the sum of $:
Huckabee saidsi*" *

During his first term in_of-
fice: in December 2017, US
President Donald Trump rec:
‘ognised Jerusalem as Israel’s
capital and ordered the trans-
fer of the US Embassy from Tel
Aviv,The embassy’s tempo-
rary site opened in May 2018. :

The: decision drew broad
international criticism at the
time as a violation of the int

‘group in Israel, said the land
allocated - for ‘the: ‘embassy
compound had been ‘confis-


Israel's 1950 Absentees’ Prop-
erty Law. Archival documents
‘prove that the land belonged
to Palestinian families before
"1948 and had been leased to

the group sald,

* The. expansion of ‘the us
‘Embassy In Jerusalem and the
confiscation of the land allo-
cated for it violate internation-


.the Hague Regulations, which :

‘In 2022, Adalah, ‘a rights “prohibits the confiscation of:

cated from Palestinians under*’
71967. and says any measures :
‘aimed at changing the char
“acter or legal status of the city

British Mandate ‘authorities, |,


al law, particularly   ticle

private property, Adalah said. ,

“The United Nations considers®
_East Jerusalem part of the Pal-?

estinian territory occupied in?


have_no legal effect under in-:

ternational law. ...

Despite the US Embassy's Tez
location to Jerusalem in 2018, :

‘most countries still keep their :
Lembassies in Israel in Tel Aviv;
“in line with the’ international ;

position on the city’s status,


home‘as:fighting eases, many still stranded

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BEIRUT.


Some: 400,000 _Lel
Nese uprooted by wai


: Hong   conflict between

: Israel and Hezbollah.
Yet many remain un:

able: ta go back.. Since

March, around a million

have returned to south--. people have been forced

ern Lebanon, with more”

expected to followin the >.
coming week, the social
affairs minister said on"


Tuesday, encouraged by®

7, to flee their homes, and

large numbers:are still

“in shelters or temporary

housing because’ their

‘ul ninhal

nine El Sayed. pee etna

__ Roughly 40° percent
‘of those displaced havé

now returned to their

“towns and villages. The

number of people stay-

=ing’ in“ collective::shel-
‘ters has fallen sharply,
-to about 13,000: from
;37,000, she. said. While
homes are destroyed or

who cannot. "return, aid
programmes, -including

emergency” cash ‘sup--
port, will continue. The

number of shelters has

‘dropped from.’ 692 “at:
the height of the crisis.

to 479, with additional

centres opened in Na-:

batieh for those wanting

- to stay near their home’


headline figures conceal '
a gap. between those ;
able to return and those
still - displaced, ” “These
are families that are able:
to return to something, *
at least the basic mini-:
mum,” she told a wire =
service, “The fact that the :
others have not returned :
means they have a much
tuations.       ,


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SEOUL


President Lee Jae Myung said
Wednesday the? government
will pursue sustained efforts
to. e