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HEAD LINES:

1- PRIME MINISTER MOHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF SAYS HARD-WORKING PAKISTANI NATION WILL PUT THE COUNTRY ON TRACK OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
 

2- IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAMAL KHARAZI SAYS, IRAN UNDERSTANDS PAKISTAN'S COMPULSIONS FOR CONDUCTING NUCLEAR TESTS.
 

NEWS IN DETAIL:
 

DEFENCE AND POLITICAL ANALYSTS BESIDES MEDIA IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE STRESSED THE SOLUTION OF KASHMIR ISSUE BEFORE ANY EFFORTS FOR DE-NUCLEARISATION IN THE REGION.

WASHINGTON TIMES, IN AN EDITORIAL, COMMENTING ON PAKISTAN'S LOGICAL RESPONSE TO INDIAN NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS SAID THAT NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY AND COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY HAVE NOT IN THEMSELVES SOLVED INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS.

THE EXPERTS HAVE ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE HINDU EXTREMIST BJP GOVERNMENT'S DESIGN OF TERRORISING PAKISTAN INTO SUBMISSION ON THE KASHMIR DISPUTE. THEY HAVE OBSERVED THAT INDIAN HOME MINISTER L.K. ADVANI'S THREATS OF A PRO-ACTIVE POLICY ON KASHMIR AFTER MAY 13, EXPLOSIONS HAVE ALSO BACK-FIRED AND ESTABLISHED BJP'S HEGEMONIC DESIGNS.

A DISCUSSION PROGRAMME ON CNN ALSO SPOT-LIGHTED THE QUESTION OF KASHMIR AND UNDERLINED THE NEED FOR RESOLVING THE KASHMIR PROBLEM FOR DE-ESCALATION OF TENSION.

A PROMINENT PAPER 'BALTIMORE SUN' WHILE COMMENTING ON RENEWED TENSION OVER THE KASHMIR DISPUTE, IN A RECENT EDITORIAL HAS SQUARELY HELD INDIA RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRESENT SITUATION IN THE REGION.

THE INFLUENTIAL WASHINGTON POST HAS ALREADY URGED THE WORLD POWERS TO TAKE URGENT INTERNATIONAL ACTION TO SETTLE THE KASHMIR DISPUTE.
 

THE PRIME MINISTER, MR.MOHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF HAS SAID, PAKISTAN IS READY TO HOLD TALKS WITH INDIA TO EASE TENSION FOLLOWING NUCLEAR TESTS BY THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE PRIME MINISTER, IN AN INTERVIEW, WITH THE JAPANESE DAILY 'ASAHI SHIMBUN' IN LAHORE SAID THAT HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT WHICH CARRIED OUT THE DETONATIONS FIRST IN MID MAY. THE WHOLE BALANCE OF POWER, THE PRIME MINISTER SAID, HAD TILTED TOWARDS INDIA IN THIS REGION. REFERRING TO HIS EFFORTS FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF OUTSTANDING ISSUES THROUGH BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS, THE PRIME MINISTER SAID, INDIA RESPONDED HIS OFFER WITH NUCLEAR BLASTS. MR.MOHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF REITERATED THAT PAKISTAN IS READY TO SIT DOWN AND RESOLVE THE DIFFERENCES WITH INDIA. REPLYING TO A QUESTION ON SIGNING OF CTBT BY PAKISTAN, THE PRIME MINISTER SAID, HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD WATCH HOW THINGS DEVELOP KEEPING ALL OPTIONS OPEN.
 
 

WEATHER:

MAINLY HOT AND DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER MOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY: EXCEPT ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN IN NORTHERN AREAS AND ISOLATED DUSTSTORM IN PLAINS OF THE COUNTRY.

RAIN /THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED AT SCATTERED PLACES OF PUNJAB, NWFP, KASHMIR AND AT ISOLATED PLACES OF NORTHEAST BALUCHISTAN AND UPPER SINDH.