Garbage kills Yaks
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Hello all, it’s Wednesday, July 1 and the heat in Lahore is unbearable. I hope everyone is hydrated at this point because the heatwave is supposed to get worse.
Nothing much on the Iran-US war front to report today, but the Afghan border is heating up. Terrible news coming out of Shandur due to our own negligence and 14 children in a Lahore tuition center have died.
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ISPR says four drones launched from Afghanistan into Balochistan were shot down, stating that the Afghan Taliban are backing terrorist groups operating against Pakistan. Separately, a drone strike on the outskirts of Peshawar killed one woman and injured six members of the same family, marking another escalation in cross-border tensions.
At least 14 children were killed and several injured after the roof of a tuition centre collapsed in Lahore’s Kahna area while classes were underway. Police say construction work was ongoing on the upper floor at the time, with over 30 children inside. Authorities have detained five people, including the building owner, as PM Shehbaz and Punjab CM Maryam ordered inquiries.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has arrived in Riyadh on an official visit as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia look to strengthen security ties. The visit will focus on counter-terrorism cooperation, anti-narcotics efforts and closer coordination between the two interior ministries. Naqvi was received by his counterpart, Saudi Interior Minister Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif, signaling the importance of the talks.
Residents in Upper Chitral say tourism and trash thrown around from the annual Shandur festival are driving a sharp decline in the region’s yak population. Locals claim yaks are consuming plastic and leftover garbage left behind by visitors, causing disease and death, with over 15 animals reportedly dying after the latest festival. Community leaders say nearly half the yak population has been lost over the past four decades, threatening both livelihoods and local culture.
Iran says it will not enter any further negotiations with the US until the terms of the MoU are implemented, while indirect talks with Qatar continue over frozen assets and the Strait. Tehran has called Hormuz its “greatest instrument of power,” and has also said that they prefer negotiations over war. The US has said that they “obviously” want the talks to succeed, according to Vice President JD Vance, but added that the US was “still in a much stronger position” than Iran even if they fail. He insisted that Tehran’s nuclear programme and military had been “destroyed” and warned that Trump had made clear that any Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz would prompt a US military response.
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