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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other Australian officials have claimed the attack was one of two incidents carried out at Iran’s behest, leading to the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador.

According to court records, Pemberton armed himself with an AR-15 kitted with a silencer and traveled to an AIPAC office on 23 Dec, 2024, where he attempted to target the organization's employees. 

Samuel Huntington is making a comeback. In his 1996 book The Clash of Civilisations, the American political scientist deeply divided academic opinion by arguing that culture, rather than ideology, would drive post-Cold War conflicts. In 2019, the British political theorist Christopher Coker wrote that the contemporary concept of the ‘civilisational state’ serves as a real-world evidence of Huntington’s core thesis. According to Coker, culture, rather than ideology, has become the primary currency of international politics. Indeed, Coker’s observation was the outcome of the increasing use of the term ‘civilisational state.’ But it was originally coined by American political scientist Lucian Pye in 1990. He viewed China not as a nation state in the European tradition but rather “a civilisation pretending to be a nation state.” In 2009, the British academic Martin Jacques wrote that the West continues to misread China by treating it purely as a nation state. He asserted China must be understood as a civilisation...

KARACHI: A court on Saturday granted police more time to file the final charge sheet against alleged cocaine dealer Anmol Pinky and other suspects in a drug peddling case. At the last hearing, an investigating officer had filed an interim investigation report against prime suspect Pinky and others in a drug case lodged at Garden police station, while the court had sought the final report from police on June 20. When a judicial magistrate (South) took up the matter for hearing on Saturday, the IO could not file the final charge sheet and requested more time on the grounds that forensic and other reports were still awaited. While adjourning the hearing till June 27, the court allowed further time and directed the IO to file the final investigation report by the next hearing. The magistrate also reserved orders till the next hearing on applications seeking permission to record the voice samples of the suspects in the drug case and to discharge the names of two suspects from the case. The IO had filed an applicat...

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US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw their biggest 30-day net outflow since launching in 2024, coming as Bitcoin fell 17% over the past month. US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their largest 30-day net outflow since launching in January 2024 amid a crypto bear market. According to data from Galaxy Research, US Bitcoin ETFs saw $6.35 billion in net outflows over 30 trading days. It also came as they registered their sixth week of outflows last week, bringing their cumulative net flow to $53.4 billion, down from their $63 billion peak in October 2025. Galaxy Research said the daily outflows are “still deepening day over day.” Read more

KARACHI: Despite the war in the Gulf region, Pakistani workers continued to leave for jobs in countries directly affected by the conflict, particularly during March. Official data showed that during January-May, over 300,000 Pakistanis found employment in Middle Eastern states led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The largest number of Pakistani workers left for Saudi Arabia, while around 50,000 emigrated to the UAE, one of the countries most affected by the war. According to data released by the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment, 143,586 Pakistanis left for Saudi Arabia during the five-month period, the highest number for any single destination country. Saudi Arabia was also drawn into the conflict and reportedly faced multiple attacks by Iran targeting American facilities in the kingdom. Although the war, which began on Feb 28, ended after about a month following a ceasefire, intermittent strikes by the US and Israel, as well as retaliatory attacks by Iran, continued to fuel uncertainty across the reg...

ISLAMABAD: The much-touted bill aimed at advancing fibreisation across the country has run into trouble after the Senate Standing Committee on IT and Telecom deferred it, while criticism on social media has targeted the IT minister and sections of the telecom sector over what critics describe as an ‘exploitative law’. Concerns about the intentions behind the Pakistan Telecommunication (Amendment) Bill 2026 have intensified due to the timing of the government’s attempt to secure its passage through both houses of parliament. The bill was approved by the National Assembly on June 11, a day before the presentation of the federal budget 2026-27, and was presented in the Senate on June 15. Following objections from PTI senators, who demanded that the proposed legislation be referred to the relevant standing committee, Senate Standing Committee on IT and Telecom Chairperson Senator Palwasha Khan convened a meeting the next day, June 16. Lawmakers reject clause letting telcos use public land without fee; flag Rs50m ...

Naveed Qamar says climate funds must not be consumed without projects • Panel seeks stricter recovery of petroleum levies from OMCs • Islamabad token tax hike approved despite middle-class concerns ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Saturday raised concerns over the proposed carbon levy amid growing climate challenges, warned that reduced duties on scrap could create environmental risks and approved an increase in Islamabad’s token tax that is likely to affect middle-class vehicle owners. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue reviewed the National Tariff Policy 2025-30 in detail, focusing on the phased reduction in import duties. Lawmakers asked tax authorities to redraft the proposed climate levy, stressing that it must be backed by a clear and defined objective. Commerce Secretary Jawad Paul briefed the committee, while Commerce Minister Jam Kamal remained absent. Since last year, the committee, chaired by MNA Naveed Qamar, has undertaken a clause-by-clause review of the Finan...

Het loopt niet storm op de informatieavond in de gereformeerde kerk over de bouw van windmolens.  ‘Toen we de tender wonnen bleek dat er enorme weerstand was.’

Veel Britten die in en om Brussel wonen werden Belg nadat het Verenigd Koninkrijk had besloten om de EU te verlaten. Dat wil niet zeggen dat de brexit hen nu koud laat.

ISLAMABAD: Setting a rapid pace for judicial appointments, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has formally invited nominations to fill 10 vacant positions of additional judges in the Lahore High Court (LHC). The move comes just a day after the commission approved the Inter­views of Judges Appointment Rules, creating a specialised seven-member panel to vet prospective candidates for the superior judiciary. According to an official communication circulated by the JCP Secretariat, nominations on the prescribed format have been sought for the LHC benches and must reach the commission by July 4. Sources told Dawn that following the compilation of these nominations, the JCP is scheduled to convene intensive sessions from July 21 to 23 to evaluate and finalise selections for the Lahore, Sindh, and Balochistan high courts. Concurrently, candidate recommendations for the Peshawar High Court (PHC) are being finalised and are expected to be placed before the commission during the same period. The swift procedural...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Saturday warned those spreading baseless rumors and misinformation, saying such elements were attempting to create instability and confusion in the country through fabricated narratives.

ISLAMABAD - As lawmakers from both sides of the aisle shared their input in budgetary proposals, Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb in Saturday’s National Assembly sitting claimed that the proposed finance bill 206-27 would provide maximum relief to the all segment of the society in the current resources.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, arrived in Cairo on Saturday to participate in the 4th meeting of the R-4 Group of Foreign Ministers, which will be held on June 21 amid ongoing efforts to promote peace, stability and regional cooperation in the Middle East.

CZ believes AI-powered trading and payments could arrive within months rather than years, with crypto as the default rail.

• Energy, PDMA and BSDI receive major allocations • Rs28.35bn earmarked for energy sector; development spending exceeds Rs58bn QUETTA: The Balochis­tan Assembly on Saturday approved the province’s supplementary budget of over Rs119 billion for the fiscal year 2025-26, without debate and without any cut motions being moved against the demands for grants. Soon after the session began, with Speaker retired Cap­tain Abdul Khaliq Achakzai in the chair, op­­position members sought to debate the supplementary budget. However, Chief Minister Mir Sarf­r­­az Bugti asked members to first approve the budget, saying discussion could take place later. The speaker then direc­ted Finance Minister Mir Shoaib Nosherwani to move the demands for grants. Mr Nosherwani presented 46 demands for grants one by one, including 21 related to non-development expenditure and 25 concerning development expenditure. No opposition member moved a cut motion aga­inst either development or non-development expenditure as the finance minister tabl...

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Saturday slammed the government for its “anti-farmer” and “anti-poor” policies, accusing the ruling coalition of weakening the economy and burdening the underprivileged with over-taxation. At a press conference, PTI MNAs Usama Mela, Khawaja Sheraz Mehmood, Mubeen Arif Jutt, and Shandana Gulzar presented a grim picture of the nation’s agriculture, economy, and law and order, exposing the “disconnect” between the government’s statistics and the ground realities. They claimed the rulers were directly responsible for the worsening economic situation, as they continued to increase their own lavish expenditures while ordinary citizens bore the burden of economic hardship. MNA Usama claimed that the agriculture sector was facing a “total collapse” under the PML-N government. He noted that cotton cultivation declined significantly, and that the agriculture sector failed to achieve even 0.6pc growth against a target of 6pc. “Due to crippling taxation policies, the total cultivable area for cotton...

ISLAMABAD - At least seven people were martyred and three others injured in two roadside bomb blasts in Bannu district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, police and rescue workers said.