SOURCE: Ausaf, Ummat, Daily Pak, Nawa-i-Waqt, Urdu Point, Daily Jinnah, Awami Awaz, Daily Dharti, Jasarat, Kawish, Daily Intekhab, Daily Times, Jang, Ibrat, Khabrain, Roznama Dunya, Hizb Media, Al Qalam Weekly, Baad-e-Shimal, Bang-e-Sahar

CHINA
1. Federal government has issued instructions to beef up the security for Chinese engineers, since there is information from sensitive agencies that foreign agents could attack Chinese engineers to foil the CPEC project. (Jang)
2. Ausaf writes: It is a matter of concern that terrorists are targeting Chinese engineers in Karachi and elsewhere. The terrorists are once again uniting. More efforts must be made in giving security to Chinese engineers and not allowing terrorists, working on Indian agenda, to sabotage CPEC and other related projects. (Ausaf Edit)
3. Pakistan has decided to take China, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey into confidence over US’ drone strikes inside Pakistan and wanted Pakistan’s friends to support its case against the US in the UN. (Pk Voices)
AFGHANISTAN
1. New Afghan Taliban Chief Haibatullah has instructed the insurgents to speed up the attacks and rejected the peace offer of the Kabul government. He said that they don’t want to hear the word negotiations, on the pretext of which their companions were killed. Haibatullah advised his cadres not to come under the fraudulent attitude of the Kabul government and stated that revenge should be taken on behalf of the martyrs. (Jasarat, Daily Pak, Nawa-i-Waqt)
2. Taliban have killed 12 Afghan Police troops and abducted 7 in district Greshak. (Jasarat, Daily Pak, Nawa-i-Waqt)
3. After Taliban Commander Mullah Haibatullah’s assassination, Taliban reached close to Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province. The Taliban would gain control of the area, if the allied forces and Afghan troops would not defend Lashkar Gah for two-days. (Ummat)
4. The Kabul government fears that Afghan Taliban would speed up attacks in the month of Ramzan. (Ummat)
5. Since the death of Mullah Mansoor influence of Pakistan on Afghan Taliban has reduced further. (Ummat)
6. Chief of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, Gulbadeen Hekmatyar, said that the Chahbahar project was a conspiracy against Afghanistan which would ruin Afghan trade as the cost of each container from Kabul or Kandahar to Chahbahar would cost somewhere between USD 1000 to 5000 more than that the cost incurred from Karachi or Gwadar. Hekmatyar said that the Chahbahar project was part of a great game by India and Iran and that the Kabul government should stop fooling people and Kabul shouldn’t come under the fraud of Iran and it should make its affairs better with Pakistan. Hekmatyar further said that India had now started a dirty game to reach out to these ports on the behest of the US and hence Afghanistan should come out of this project. (Ummat)
IRAN
1. Al Qalam Weekly edit on ties with Iran says: “Pakistan has considered Iran all these years as an Islamic country and saw India as enemy of Pakistan Looking towards Iran with great expectations is natural and Pakistan had always thought Iran will fulfil the demands of a relationship between two Muslim neighbouring countries. But now it seems that the situation is taking a shift in which Pakistan will have to think whether to keep Iran in the list of Islamic brotherly countries or not. Iran is shifting towards the opponents’ camp, and India has cunningly moved forward to turn the situation in its favour; at a time when Pakistan is aspiring for a better place in the world economy, an alliance between Iran and India has appeared which will push the region towards imbalance. How will Pakistan be affected with this new alliance between India, Afghanistan, and Iran will be seen in the future but the saddest thing is that Pakistani leaders are in a deep slumber. This criminal negligence will cost Pakistan for centuries. (Al Qalam Weekly Edit, 27 May-2 June)
UNITED STATES
1. Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) has termed the US drone attack in Balochistan as an attack on Pakistan and stated that the attacks on sovereignty of Pakistan would not be tolerated. DPC planned to organise a massive programme on 5 June against US threats and drone attack in Islamabad. JUI chief Maulana Sami-ul-Haq said that 18 crore people had to be brought on a single platform and stated that they would not allow Pakistan to be converted into a liberal or secular country. DPC had also decided to counter opponents of CPEC. The DPC meeting, held in a local hotel in Islamabad, was attended by Sami-ul-Haq, Hafiz Saeed, Munawar Hassan, Maulana Ludhiyanvi, Sardar Atiq Ahmad Khan, Maulana Fazlur Rahman Khalil, Shaikh Rashid Ahmad, Liaquat Baloch, Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, Aijaz-ul-Haq, Maulana Owais Noorani, Hafiz Akif Saeed, Allama Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer, Syed Zia ullah Shah Bukhari, Maulana Zuber Rohani, Maulana Hamid-ul Haq, Maulana Younis, Hafiz Khalid Walid and others. (Jasarat, Ummat, Daily Pak, Nawa-i-Waqt, Khabrain, Ausaf)
2. Pakistan had sought permission to target Mullah Fazlullah but the US had rejected the plea. (Ummat)
3. Former Director of US Defence Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael Flynn, has alleged that Pakistan was playing a double game in Afghanistan. He said that on the one hand Pakistan confirmed US policies in the region and at the same time continued to support Taliban. He said that after 9/11, the US and Pakistan had not remained allies. (Jang)
4. Edits have appeared on the FIR filed against the US officials for killing the taxi driver who was driving Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Mansoor. Though there will be no effective result in the case against a superpower, it will still make conscientious people think about US’ terrorism. Roznama Dunya expresses regret over the death of the taxi driver, “who was an innocent person and the sole earning member of his family, and hence the issue of his death should be taken seriously”. It criticises Tariq Fatemi for stating that Pakistan can only protest against the US drone strike but cannot take any measures against them. Pakistan has been suffering financial as well loss of lives in the US war against terrorism. Further comments that the Indian and Afghan leadership certainly don’t want any stability in the region, as this is a way to foil the CPEC project. Editorial in Nawa-i-Waqt states that Pakistan should review its foreign policies and it is necessary that it in the national interest of the country, Pakistan should withdraw as the frontline ally of the US as a mark of protest against American policies towards Pakistan. Ausaf Editorial taunts Asma Jahangir, and other civil society members who have been criticising Islamic rules and regulations in Pakistan for not commenting on the drone attack in Pakistan. (Jang Edit, Roznama Dunya Edit, Nawa-i-Waqt Edit, Ausaf Edit)
INDIA
1. Nawa-i-Waqt writes: Recent attacks on Africans in India have shown the real ugly face of India. Because of the international community’s silence over India’s cruelty against minorities, Indians have now started attacking foreigners staying in India as well. It is the responsibility of the international community to stop India from such filthy things, or else the destruction of worldly peace because of Indians is not far. (Nawa-i-Waqt Edit)
2. Indian Muslims were troubled over news of VHP giving militant training to its female members so that women wing could also be used against Indian Muslims. (Roznama Dunya)
3. After RAW agent Kulbhushan Jadhav’s arrest from Balochistan, India had changed its policy in Afghanistan and now India had announced that Pashto language would be taught in all Indian universities from September 2016. India had initially appointed 20 Afghan Professors to teach Pashto and in the future only such spies would be deployed in Afghanistan who would have a good command over Pashto. (Ummat)
ARMY/SECURIY FORCES
1. A Pakistani engineer has successfully completed the overhauling of the US made Cobra Gunship helicopter, when US made excuses to do the same. (Roznama Dunya)
2. Pakistan Government has decided to increase the defence budget by Rs.132bn from Rs.788bn to Rs.920bn. It was said that the decision was taken as per the will of Pakistan Army to support the counter terrorism efforts and to counter India’s war madness. (Pk Voices)
3.Munir Ahmed Baloch strongly criticises TV anchors, scholars, NGOs, and analysts who had criticised the sacrifices made by the Army under the leadership of Gen Raheel Sharif. He alleges that foreign agencies use NGOs and that they invest billions of rupees to sabotage Pakistan’s interests. (Roznama Dunya)
POLITICAL SCENE
1. Chief of Minhaj-ul-Quran, Tahir-ul-Qadri, will come to Pakistan again with a new ‘London Plan’ and its objective is to sabotage CPEC. Qadri was in New Delhi in March, where he had meetings with RAW official and got the task of creating sectarian strife in Pakistan which would sabotage the speed of CPEC. (Ummat)
2. Daily Pak editorial discusses state of the nation in the wake of PM Sharif’s absence from the country. The daily welcomes Sindh CM Qaim Ali Shah’s statement that there is no need of any other PM and constitutional norms should be followed. (Daily Pak Edit)
BALOCHISTAN
1. Central spokesperson of Baloch National Movement has said that the security forces have tortured women and children during search operations in Gomazi and Pulabad areas in Tump. The forces also looted expensive materials and burnt many homes. Many Baloch boys and men were abducted, and their whereabouts are still not known. The spokesperson said 64 operations were carried out in one month. As many as 114 Baloch men and boys were abducted and 21 were killed by security forces. Thousands of Balochis were missing. Bodies of some of the abducted persons were recovered, proving that they were killed in custody. The security forces asked people to move out of Zarin Bug village. Those who did not obey orders were abducted. The numbers of homeless people was increasing every day. (Daily Intekhab)
POK/ G-B NEWS
1. Gilgit-Baltistan Parliamentary Secretary, Aurangzeb, said that a bill for increasing employment for women in Public Sector from 10 to 15% in Gilgit-Baltistan would be tabled in the Assembly very soon. He also assured women activists a bill against honour killing would be tabled in the House. (Daily K2)
2. Gilgit-Baltistan CM Hafiz Hafizur Rahman attended the National Economic Council convention to highlight the importance of electricity projects in Gilgit-Baltistan. Construction of three electricity houses was approved with money coming as bank loans. (Daily K2)
3. Daily K2 criticises AJK Premier Chaudhary Abdul Majeed for objecting any change in the constitutional status of the Gilgit-Baltistan. AJK should keep off from the matters of Gilgit-Baltistan. No power in the world could restrain Gilgit-Baltistan from obtaining the constitutional rights of self-determination and autonomy. (Daily K2 Edit)
4. Baad-e-Shimal writes: People of Gilgit-Baltistan hope that the Atomic Energy Commission will soon construct a cancer hospital in Gilgit-Baltistan. Also expresses hopes that the provincial government will take special measures to improve the condition of health and education institutions. (Baad-e-Shimal Edit)
5. Gilgit-Baltistan CM Hafizur Rahman had a meeting with Federal Minister for AJK and G-B Affairs in Islamabad and convinced him on providing funding to every member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Council before 10th June. The Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Ministry decided to allot Rs.4crores for a tourist information centre in Sost. (Daily K2, Baad-e-Shimal)
6. Senior Minister Haji Akbar Taban said that the Shigar and Gawadi power projects would be included in the next Annual Development Program and Skardu Road tender would be issued in June last week or 1st week of July. (Daily K2)
7. USD109 million allotted for the Shigar Thang Hydel Power Project was allegedly diverted to the Orange Line Train Project in Lahore. Asian Development Bank aid of USD430mn for various mega projects including the 26MW pin electricity project in Gilgit-Baltistan has been misappropriated by the Federal bureaucracy. (Baad-e-Shimal)