President Zardari summons NA, Senate sessions on June 10

President Asif Ali Zardari summoned a session of the National Assembly on June 10, at 5pm in the Parliament House.

“The President has summoned the National Assembly session for tomorrow, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 5pm in the Parliament House. The President has summoned the session by exercising the powers conferred under Article 54 Clause 1 of the Constitution,” according to the…

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Budget likely to be announced on June 12, says minister

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said on Tuesday that the budget for the next fiscal year (FY2026-27) would likely be presented in the parliament on June 12 (Friday).

He posted this on X, further stating that summaries to convene budget sessions in the National Assembly and Senate on June 10 (Wednesday) had been sent to the presidency for approval.

The sessions for the NA and…

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10 countries, including Pakistan, condemn Israel's interception of Gaza aid flotilla

Pakistan and nine other countries on Tuesday issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla.

The joint statement by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkiye, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Maldives and Spain was shared by the Foreign Office on the social media platform X.

It said that the ministers “condemn in the strongest…

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ICE Keeps Arresting the Same U.S. Citizen—Even After He Sued

A U.S. citizen is suing the Department of Homeland Security after ICE arrested him twice last year. ICE just arrested him a third time.

In a court filing last week, Leo Garcia Venegas said that on the morning of May 2, an unmarked SUV blocked him in his driveway at his home in Silverhill, Alabama. Before Venegas could produce his REAL ID proving his citizenship, two ICE agents pulled him out of…

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Can City of Alameda trust Flock Safety?

💡tl;dr summary: This coming Tuesday's City Council meeting will involve an annual review of Alameda Police Department's use of automated license plate readers. It's time to ask critical questions.

Since first selling automated license plate readers to homeowners associations in Florida, Flock Safety has been vigorously executing the playbook to scale a venture-backed tech startup. The company's…

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Transcript: Trump Accidentally Hurts GOP’s 2026 Hopes in Wild Tirades

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here .

After we recorded this episode, Trump gave a speechdemanding for a third time that Republicans pass the SAVE Act, reinforcing the dynamic we discuss here.

Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network.…

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