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A policeman guarding a polio vaccination team was gunned down on Tuesday by unknown attackers in Balochistan’s Noshki district, according to an official. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic, and vaccination teams are frequently targeted by militants waging a campaign against security forces. Noshki Deputy Commissioner (DC) Amjad Hussain Soomro confirmed the “unfortunate incident” to Dawn.com, in which Waheed Ahmed was gunned down in Noshki’s Killi Muhammad Hassni district. Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1913643/policeman-on-polio-duty-gunned-down-in-balochistans-noshki
The Foreign Office on Tuesday condemned the recent remarks towards Pakistan by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a speech in Gujarat, calling it a “reckless provocation”. The developments follow a recent military confrontation between India and Pakistan over New Delhi’s allegations against Islamabad, without evidence, about a deadly attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam. Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1913612/
BREAKING NEWS: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee (RHC) on Tuesday announced that it has not sighted the Zilhaj moon, meaning Pakistan would observe Eidul Azha on June 7.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday landed in Azerbaijan’s Lachin District to attend a summit as he continued his four-nation tour to appreciate their support for Pakistan during the recent military confrontation with India. Starting his expedition on May 25, the premier has already paid a visit to Turkiye and Iran, with Tajikistan his final stop of the trip ending on May 30. Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1913657
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to batter Punjab, days after similar weather killed around 20 people across the province. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab has issued a province-wide alert of severe weather from today (Tuesday). Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1913571/punjab-braces-for-another-spell-of-downpour-from-today
Locals staging a sit-in against a suspected drone strike in Mir Ali last week, claiming the lives of four children, announced on Tuesday that they have ended their protest after having reached an agreement with the local administration. For the past seven days, the locals in Mir Ali had been staging a sit-in, demanding justice in the wake of a suspected strike that took place in Mir Ali’s Hurmuz village on May 19 during the daytime, leaving four children of the same family dead and injuring five others, including a woman. While the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), clarified that security forces were “falsely implicated” in the incident and that it was carried out by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1913645
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev renewed their pledge to diversify the strategic partnership through investment in mutually beneficial avenues, Radio Pakistan reported. The development came as the premier met with President Aliyev after landing in Azerbaijan’s Lachin District earlier today as he continued his four-nation tour to appreciate their support for Pakistan during the recent military confrontation with India. Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1913657
The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee (RHC) on Tuesday announced that it has not sighted the Zilhaj moon, meaning Pakistan would observe Eidul Azha on June 7. The committee’s meeting took place on a roof in Islamabad’s Kohsar Block, where the religious affairs ministry has its office. RHC Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad presided over the meeting, with officials and experts from other departments also present. Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1913684
EDITORIAL: After facing off on the battlefield, Pakistan and India are now fighting a battle of narratives, with each side sending high-level delegations to world capitals to communicate their respective points of view regarding the recent hostilities. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in Turkiye on Sunday as part of a four-nation tour that will also see him travelling to Iran, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan. Meanwhile, current and former lawmakers and diplomats are due to leave for the US and Europe. Ex-foreign minister and PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari may reportedly lead one of these delegations. The team visiting the US is scheduled to meet the UN secretary general, American lawmakers, as well as engage with think tanks and the media in Washington DC. An Indian team, led by lawmaker and former UN official Shashi Tharoor, has visited the US as part of New Delhi’s lobbying efforts. Read full editorial: https://www.dawn.com/news/1913600 #DawnToday
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed his willingness to talk with India to resolve ongoing disputes between the two countries, including the Kashmir issue and water security, during his visit to Iran. “We wanted peace, we want peace and we will work for peace in the region through talks on the table and resolve our outstanding issues, including the Kashmir problem, according to the resolutions passed by the [United Nations] Security Council … and even by Indian Lok Sabha (parliament) back in 1954,” he added, speaking about when then-prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru committed to a plebiscite in the disputed territory. Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1913442