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Green lockdown grips Lahore as smog crisis deepens, cross-border climate action calls grow

National
The Punjab government has enforced a “green lockdown” across Lahore in order to battle dangerously-escalating smog levels; the Chief Minister for the Punjab, Maryam Nawaz, has called for cross-border climate diplomacy with Indian Punjab in order to tackle the issue plaguing both sides of the border.

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Mbappé double drives France past Senegal in World Cup opener

Football
Kylian Mbappé scored twice as France beat Senegal 3-1 in their World Cup Group I opener, with Bradley Barcola also on target after Senegal missed big first-half chances.
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Field Marshal Asim Munir’s military diplomacy helped avert wider regional war, security sources

Newsroom
Field Marshal Asim Munir’s military diplomacy helped Pakistan steer US-Iran tensions away from wider regional war through restraint, crisis management and quiet coordination, security sources.
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Trump vows to publish Iran MOU as Pakistan-brokered deal faces limelight

International
Donald Trump says he will publish and publicly explain the Iran MOU, as the Pakistan-brokered US-Iran framework heads towards formal signing in Switzerland.
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JD Vance confirms Pakistan’s role in US-Iran deal rollout

International
JD Vance has said Pakistan and Qatar were involved in the diplomatic sequencing behind the US-Iran peace agreement, with the memorandum of understanding expected to be released around Friday’s formal ceremony.
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And we’ll keep on fighting til’ the end

Editorial
From crisis, isolation and doubt, Pakistan has stepped into the diplomatic centre of gravity. If the US-Iran peace framework holds, Islamabad will not merely have brokered a deal. It will have reminded the world that nations are not condemned to the reputations others write for them.
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