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GEMS FROM P25 “This way we will be able to stop RELUCTANCE FROM P11 In the next over, Imran Khan IMF FROM P1
do not commit aggression – for, ver- exposing the progress to the terrorist the prime minister said. took Zalmi’s ninth wicket to take his Tarin may announce withdrawal of
ily, God does not love aggressors. and HIAs [hostile intelligence agen- “Is there a reason for that?” the side closer to the finish line. the Rs10 billion in taxes imposed on
cies]. I hope our media will understand interviewer asked. “Whenever he has Getting 56 runs in the last 16 the salaried class, retaining the cur-
Chapter 2, Al-Baqarah (The and cooperate with us,” he said. time, he can speak to me. But now, balls proved too much for the last two rent sales tax rate on dairy products,
Cow), Verse 255 (Aayaat-al-Kursee) Earlier, while speaking to report- clearly, he has other priorities,” the Zalmi batsmen. plants, machinery and maize seed,
God – there is no deity save Him, ers at the site of the incident, Lahore prime minister said. and provision of some relief to the
the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Deputy Commissioner Mudassir Riaz Pakistan’s key role in a post- MODI FROM P1 banking industry.
Fount of all Being. Neither slumber Malik said 12 people, including women withdrawal Afghanistan echoed at their autonomous status and indepen- “The IMF Board meeting was
overtakes Him, nor sleep. His is all and children, had been injured. He said several recent hearings in the US dence. They want security and are not on July 7, but we need more time
that is in the heavens and all that is that the injured also included a police Congress as well. At one of these accepting the demographic restructur- for concluding the discussions,” the
on earth. Who is there that could in- official. hearings, lawmakers also referred to ing [in IoK].” minister said on Thursday during a
tercede with Him, unless it be by His At the time, Malik had said it was a recent statement by Afghan Presi- FM Qureshi said the Kashmiri meeting of the National Assembly
leave? He knows all that lies open be- not immediately clear what had caused dent Ashraf Ghani, stating that Paki- politicians had unanimously called Standing Committee on Finance.
fore men and all that is hidden from the blast, adding that it had left behind stan will now play a decisive role in for a reversal of the steps taken on Au- IMRAN FROM P1
them, whereas they cannot attain a crater. “We will only be able to deter- determining Afghanistan’s future and gust 5, 2019, during the meeting. “We “After 9/11, Pakistan again opted
to aught of His knowledge save that mine the cause after carrying out an the United States will only have a mi- can clearly analyze from the discourse to join the US war on terror. Now, af-
which He wills [them to attain]. His investigation,” he said, adding that the nor role now in the country after the which has come out that they wish for ter the US leaves Afghanistan, basi-
eternal power overspreads the heav- area was being cordoned off. troop pullout. full-fledged restoration of statehood,” cally Pakistan would want a civilized
ens and the earth, and their uphold- A resident of the area said his Congressman Ted Lieu, a Cali- he said. relationship, which you have between
ing wearies Him not. And he alone is house had been badly damaged. “It was fornia Democrat and a former US Air Qureshi said the politicians had nations, and we would like to improve
truly exalted, tremendous. constructed six years ago. We have no Force colonel, asked if Pakistan was gotten no concrete answer on their de- our trading relationship with the US,”
other place to go,” a visibly distressed so important for the success of the mands and were instead told that state- he said.
DEPORTATION FROM P15 man told Samaa TV. Another eyewit- Afghan peace process, why was it not hood could be restored at an opportune When asked what he meant by a
is 52 percent of the total number of ness claimed that a device planted on a being treated accordingly. time. “civilized” relationship, the premier said
deportees. Over 61,403 Pakistanis motorcycle had detonated. “I am just curious about what “This is very vague. What is that Pakistan expects an “even-handed”
were deported in 2015, 57,704 in A few minutes after the explosion, happened earlier this year when 40 an opportune time? Two years have relationship which, for instance, the US
2016, 93,736 in 2017, 50,944 in 2018, a spokesperson for Rescue 1122 said it world leaders were invited to the cli- passed and how many more Kashmiri holds with Britain or India at the mo-
38,470 in 2019 and 19,333 by last was not immediately clear what caused mate summit, including the leaders lives will have to be sacrificed?” ques- ment. He said that Pakistan and the US
year. the blast. “So far we have not been able of India and Bangladesh. And the tioned the foreign minister. He added shared a rather “lopsided” relationship
The UAE deported more than to determine whether a gas pipeline leader of Pakistan was not invited, the Kashmiris’ lack of confidence and during the war on terror.
53,649 Pakistanis during the last six burst or whether it was a cylinder. But even though Pakistan is the fifth most trust had also been raised in the talks “It was a lopsided relationship be-
years. Around 8,690 in 2015; 9,980 we have shifted four people [to the hos- climate-vulnerable country. Even as well as the anger and pain being felt cause (the) US felt that they were giving
in 2016; 10,393 in 2017; 10,684 in pital] and more injured are expected.” though 35 of the 40 countries invited by them. aid to Pakistan, they felt that Pakistan
2018; 6,602 in 2019 and 7,300 in have populations smaller than Paki- FM Qureshi said the discussions then had to do US’s bidding,” he said.
2020. The Iranian immigration staff NICC FROM P15 stan’s,” he said. had shown present conditions in IoK “And what Pakistan did in terms
sent back around 136,930 Pakistanis would give “collated intelligence in- “It seems to be disrespectful to to be contrary to Indian government’s of trying to do the US bidding actually
in the last six years. Tehran handed put” to the prime minister. not have invited the Pakistani leader claims of “development and prosper- cost Pakistan a lot in human lives,” he
over some 27,051 illegal immigrants One of the lessons learnt by the to this climate summit when the lead- ity” since compensation had also been said, adding that Pakistan’s participa-
to Pakistan’s border authorities at the country during the fight against ter- ers of India and Bangladesh were in- demanded for the financial loss suf- tion in the war on terror claimed the
Taftan border in Balochistan in 2015, rorism was that effective intelligence vited.” - Dawn fered by IoK in two years, with one lives of 70,000 Pakistanis together with
25,808 in 2016, 21623 in 2017, 25,563 coordination was the weakest link in participant claiming that “more than a loss of over $150 billion due to the en-
in 2018, 17,470 in 2019 and 19,395 in the entire effort. It resulted in the loss SULTANS FROM P1 50 per cent of industry is closed in IoK”. suing bombings and suicide attacks.
2020. of critical time and in some cases, the runs were scored by the veteran “So the perception is not that “The US kept expecting more from
Similarly, the Omani authori- agencies could not even piece togeth- wicketkeeper. prosperity has arrived or will arrive. Pakistan. And unfortunately, Pakistani
ties sent some 4,543 Pakistanis back er the information available to them. Hazraullah Zazai, the other Only destruction has arrived,” said governments tried to deliver what they
home in 2015, 1,794 in 2016, 3,165 in It was, moreover, a major hurdle to opener, was looking to join the party Qureshi. were not capable of,” he said, adding,
2017, 2018 in 2018, 1,874 in 2019 and collective strategizing. when he hit Blessing Muzarabani for It also had clearly come to the “What we want in the future is a rela-
1,743 last year. The United Kingdom A leaked version of the Abbot- a six on the first ball of the sixth over. fore, said the foreign minister, that a tionship based on trust and common
has deported over 8,000 Pakistanis tabad Commission’s report had re- However, on the very next ball, Zazai “complete military siege” had contin- objectives. That’s actually what we have
since 2015 on the grounds that they vealed that the commission, while was removed by the Zimbabwean to ued in the two years with Kashmiri right now with the US — I mean, our
were living there without proper noting the absence of civil-military give the Sultans their first wicket. political leadership in custody without objectives in Afghanistan are exactly the
documentation. Around 2,514 Paki- intelligence coordination mecha- Imran Khan then bowled a charges being framed, extrajudicial same today.”
stanis were expelled in 2015, 1,889 nism, too had proposed the establish- wicket-taking maiden sixth over to killings continuing, fundamental rights When questioned about whether
in 2016, 1,769 in 2017, 1,007 in 2018, ment of an agency on the lines of the put Zalmi under greater pressure. being ceased and state tools of oppres- Pakistan will be able to retain its stra-
603 in 2019 and 328 in 2020. US Department of Homeland Secu- The bowler in the over removed the sion on display. tegic importance to the US once it pulls
Over 32,300 Pakistanis were rity to synergize the working of main dangerous Akmal on the very first “But, the surprising and encour- out of Afghanistan, the premier said
deported from Turkey in the last six spy agencies in the country. delivery. aging thing is that despite all this, they that he has “not thought about it in that
years, including 7,347 in 2020, 11,119 Then Rilee Rossouw, who had (Indian government) couldn’t break way”.
in 2019, 4,452 in 2018, 4,925 in 2017, PML-Q FROM P13 started with the bat for Multan, re- their (Kashmiris’) resoluteness and As for the future of the relations
2,127 in 2016 and over 2,320 in 2015. However, who knows when new moved Jonathan Wells with a run out couldn’t subjugate them.” pertaining to military and security con-
More than 1,700 Pakistanis were elections are announced and realign- during the 10th over to tilt the final in Qureshi said the demands of the cerns between Pakistan and the US, Im-
deported from the United States ment of political players and parties the Sultans’ favor. Kashmiri politicians had included re- ran Khan said that he does not know of
since 2015, with 166 in 2015, 212 in is made,” he said and added such In the 11th over, Imran Khan re- lease of political prisoners, restoration that at the moment either.
2016, 285 in 2017, 293 in 2018, 372 meetings helped pave the way for fu- moved Shoaib Malik but the decision of fundamental rights, end to extraju- “Post the US withdrawal, I don’t
in 2019 and 282 last year. Almost ture alignments. was overturned after replays showed dicial killings and reversal of illegal and know what sort of military relationship
1,563 Pakistanis were deported by The PML-N leader said the that the pacer had overstepped. unilateral steps. it will be. But right now, the relationship
Thai authorities while Qatar expelled party leadership had already had de- The mistake proved to be too He said Pakistan wasn’t the one should be based on this common objec-
870 Pakistani nationals in the past six liberations on a no-confidence move costly for the Sultans as Malik then making these demands but the “Kash- tive that there is a political solution in
years. During this period, as many as against CM Buzdar but rejected it on made the side pay for their mistake. miris are saying this including the Afghanistan before the United States
6,230 Pakistanis were deported from the ground that not enough time was West Indian Rovman Powell was Kashmiri leadership that had been part leaves because Pakistan doesn’t want a
Greece, with 706 illegal immigrants left in the 2023 polls and the exercise giving good company to Malik but he of past [Indian] governments”. civil war, a bloody civil war in Afghani-
sent home last year. The Indian im- would not help its cause of ‘civilian was removed by Muzarabani during The foreign minister said even stan,” he said.
migration staff has sent back around supremacy’. The PML-N is particu- the 15th over. voices from within India were criticiz- “And I’m sure neither does the US,
243 Pakistanis in the last six years. lar about making the establishment All the while the Sultans knew ing and rejecting the measures taken in after it leaves, wants the country going
Russian authorities have handed over ‘neutral’ for the next general election that Malik’s wicket was key for their IoK. He added that Pakistan was also up in flames after spending, God knows,
some 564 illegal immigrants to Paki- as it fancies its chances to come to success in laying their hands on worried about demographic changes $1 or $2 trillion. So that’s a common ob-
stan’s border authorities since 2015. power in the event of a ‘free and fair’ their first PSL trophy. Soon it was in IoK due to their “far-reaching im- jective,” he said.
Similarly, the Bahrain authori- contest. the experienced Sohail Tanvir who plications” and had raised the issue at Shedding light on Pakistan’s role in
ties sent some 1,030 Pakistanis home A PPP leader disclosed that removed the veteran all-rounder on multiple forums and would continue to the Afghan peace talks and the fear of
since 2015, with 352 deported in since Mr Zardari had withdrawn the the first ball of the 16th over. But Ma- do so. a civil war in Afghanistan, the premier
2015, 183 in 2016, 136 in 2017, 168 party candidates for the Senate polls lik had taken his side far enough to Responding to a question relating said that Pakistan has used the maxi-
in 2018, 140 in 2019 and 69 last year. in Punjab making it feasible for the make Zalmi strive for victory at that to backdoor diplomacy with India, the mum leverage it could on the Taliban.
tthere without proper documenta- unopposed election of Mr Elahi, the point. They needed 70 runs from the foreign minister said: “We have com- “Basically, Pakistan was the coun-
tion... The News latter visited the former at the Bila- last 29 balls at that stage. mented on backdoor diplomacy before try that had recognized Taliban — one
wal House to thank him in person. After Malik’s dismissal, Sherfane as well. There is no backdoor channel of three countries after 1996. Given that
LAHORE FROM P15 “Besides, the Chaudhrys always keep Rutherford decided to launch charge [...] there is contact on the regional sit- the United States gave a date of with-
“the vehicle (used in the attack) their political options open. They against the Multan bowlers. uation at an intelligence level but there drawal, from then onward, our leverage
could not move much due to the police were once coalition partners of the Once again, it was experience is no backdoor channel.” diminished on the Taliban. And the rea-
check post near the blast and the ter- PPP government (2008-13) but since that really altered in the situation. When pressed on the prime min- son is that the moment the United States
rorists failed to do much damage due then they maintained their relations Imran Tahir, during the 17th ister’s comments on nuclear deterrence gave a date of exit, the Taliban basically
to the presence of the police team.” with it. Even during the meeting over, removed the dangerous Ruth- and whether that signaled a change in claimed victory. They’re thinking that
In a tweet later in the day, Ghani with Mr Elahi on Tuesday, former erford, Wahab Riaz and Moham- Pakistan’s nuclear policy, Qureshi re- they won the war. And so, therefore, our
reiterated that the CTD would inves- president Zardari talked about ‘easy mad Imran to end the little hope that sponded with a succinct “no”. He said ability to influence them diminishes the
tigate the “terrorist act” outside the going’ in sorting out the issues faced Zalmi had of clinching their second Pakistan had moved towards nuclear stronger they feel,” the prime minister
“clamor of the media”. by the coalition partner,” he said. PSL title. capability for its defense. said... The News
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