Pakistan

Accordingly, a strategy has been devised for protest in the event of Imran Khan’s arrest, The News reported. However, the party sources said this time the protest will be “really peaceful” and no one would go near any cantonment or military areas, the report said.

Let us analyse what such stories intend to achieve and why they are being put out now. The article, (published on June 24) written by Elchin Khalidbayli, supposedly, a political expert with the “Yeni Musavat” Media Group, claims that Indians from poor provinces are being lured with money and sent to Armenia.

The recent staff-level agreement (SLA) came after an eight-month delay in releasing funds from a 2019, $6 billion loan. “The United States supported Pakistan throughout the process but also insisted that they implemented the reforms they agreed with the IMF,” a diplomatic source said, Dawn reported.

The PICSS revealed in a report on Sunday that a total of 271 militant attacks occurred during this period, resulting in the loss of 389 lives and injury of 656 individuals, Xinhua news agency reported. Comparatively, the same timeframe last year witnessed 151 attacks.

The deal however, is subject to approval by the IMF's Executive Board in July, reports Dawn news. The $3 billion funding, spread over nine months, is higher than expected for Pakistan. The country was awaiting the release of the remaining $2.5 billion from a $6.5 billion bailout package agreed in 2019, which expired on Friday. To help secure the deal, the State Bank of Pakistan had raised its main interest rate to a record high of 22 per cent on Monday.

Official sources said that the US was informed through diplomatic channels that the transfer of advanced military hardware to India without taking into account Pakistan’s legitimate concerns would undermine the strategic stability and conventional balance in the South Asian region, The Express Tribune reported.

During a press conference on Monday, the Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry announced that many heads have rolled including that of a Lieutenant General, who has been dismissed from service. Others facing disciplinary action comprise 15 officers including three major generals and seven brigadiers.

The ISPR DG said that disciplinary action has been taken against 15 officers, including three Major Generals and seven Brigadiers, Geo News reported. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said three officers, including a Lieutenant General, have been dismissed from service, Geo News reported.

The Foreign Office (FO) in Islamabad maintained that Pakistan-specific reference made in the joint statement was contrary to diplomatic norms and carried political overtones. "We consider the Pakistan-specific reference in the joint statement issued on June 22, as unwarranted, one-sided, and misleading.

Ghazi has been booked by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on terror charges along with four other people. He has been booked under the charges of rioting with weapons, unlawful assembly, obstructing public servants and attempt to commit qatl-i-amd - which means that the cleric tried to cause death.