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Breaking stories from The Thursday Times' in-house reporter.
National

Pakistan cuts daily loadshedding from six hours to under three

Pakistan’s electricity shortages eased after a sharp rise in hydropower generation, cutting outages in some areas from around six hours a day to less than three and giving the country’s strained grid a measure of temporary relief.
Economy

Pakistan briefs Rothschild on return to global capital markets

Pakistan is accelerating plans to return to international capital markets, with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb using meetings in Washington to outline a diversified borrowing strategy that includes Eurobonds, a Panda bond and liability management tools.
International

UK no longer advises against travel to Gilgit-Baltistan

Britain has removed Gilgit-Baltistan from the restricted section of its Pakistan travel advice, easing a notable warning on the country’s mountainous north in a move which could positively affect tourism, insurance and international perceptions of the region.
International

IRGC gun boats open fire on tanker off Oman, crew reported safe

Two Iranian IRGC gun boats opened fire without warning on a tanker 20 nautical miles northeast of Oman. The vessel and its crew were reported safe, while authorities investigate, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre.
Analysis

فیلڈ مارشل عاصم منیر نے ایران بحران میں پاکستان کو ایک مؤثر سفارتی ثالث کے طور پر منوا لیا، دی گارڈین

فیلڈ مارشل عاصم منیر ایران بحران میں پاکستان کے سب سے اہم سفارتی چہرے کے طور پر سامنے آئے ہیں۔ تہران، واشنگٹن اور خلیجی دارالحکومتوں کے درمیان رابطہ کاری میں ان کا کردار مرکزی رہا، جبکہ پاکستان ایک غیر متوقع مگر مؤثر ثالث کے طور پر ابھرا ہے۔
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India debates while Pakistan mediates

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Senior RSS and military remarks in India have reopened the question of dialogue with Pakistan, exposing the limits of New Delhi’s hardline public posture. At the same time, Islamabad is trying to show that its relevance now extends beyond India, through crisis diplomacy involving Iran, the US, the Gulf, China and multilateral finance.

ایران نے پاکستانی ثالثی کے ذریعہ ایک نئی 14 نکاتی تجویز امریکا کے سامنے پیش کر دی۔ ایرانی نیوز ایجنسی

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ایران نے امریکا کے ساتھ جنگ بندی معاہدے کیلئے پاکستانی ثالثی کے ذریعہ نئی 14 نکاتی تجویز پیش کر دی۔ جنگ بندی مذاکرات اور اعتماد سازی کیلئے امریکی اقدامات پر مرکوز ترمیمی تجویز پاکستانی ثالثی کے ذریعہ امریکیوں کے سامنے پیش کی جائے گی۔

Pakistan’s military rebukes Indian army chief over “Geography or History” threat

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On the first anniversary of Marka-e-Haq, Pakistan's military has dismissed the Indian Army Chief's "geography or history" warning as the rhetoric of a state suffering "a bankruptcy of cognitive capacities", and has reminded Delhi that any attempt to target a nuclear neighbour would be neither geographically confined nor politically survivable.

US Congressman Jack Bergman hails Pakistan’s “Statesmanship” in US-Iran peace talks

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Senior US Congressman Jack Bergman, Co-Chair of the Congressional Pakistan Caucus, has formally thanked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir for Pakistan's role in the ongoing US-Iran peace negotiations, describing Islamabad's contribution as "indispensable" and a demonstration of "true statesmanship" in a letter dated 15 May and sent on House of Representatives letterhead.

پاکستان کی سفارتی کامیابی، اور بیانیہ کی جنگ

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اسلام آباد کی بڑھتی سفارتی حیثیت نے اسے بیانیے کی جنگ کا ہدف بنا دیا ہے۔ نیتن یاہو کے بیانات سے لِنڈسے گراہم کی تنقید تک اور بھارتی میڈیا کے منظم بیانیہ سے پاکستان کے اندر نئے دہشتگردانہ حملوں تک ایک نئی مخالفانہ لَہر اُبھرتی دکھائی دے رہی ہے۔

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