"MANAGED" · 총 129건
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50.3
0 = 부정 우세
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최근 7일 기준 88,713건을 분석한 결과, 뉴스 심리지수는 50.3(균형)입니다. 긍정 4,473건(5.0%)·중립 82,139건(92.6%)·부정 2,101건(2.4%)이며, 중립 비중이 뚜렷하게 높습니다. 성향 지수는 종합 15.0(중도 균형)입니다.
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THE people of Gilgit-Baltistan joined Pakistan at the time of independence after liberating the region from Dogra rule. It was a unanimous aspiration to become part of the Muslim state. Assuming the relationship would be formalised through constitutional inclusion and political empowerment, GB’s people aligned themselves with mainstream Pakistani political parties, unlike Azad Kashmir, where indigenous political parties continued to play a significant role. Unfortunately, instead of the evolution of a locally rooted political architecture or democratic compact specific to GB, governance came to be dominated by the PML-N, PPP and PTI, who viewed GB through the lens of national power politics, strategic utility, electoral expansion, patronage and resource control, rather than genuine political empowerment. Consequently, while there are elected governments, there’s no meaningful self-governance. The first problem is the absence of a consistent ideological commitment by these parties to resolving GB’s constitutional status. Promises of autonomy, reforms and provisional provincial status are repeatedly made during elections, but not one party has delivered on their pledge when in federal power. The unresolved constitutional ambiguity serves the interests of centralised authority because it allows decisive control without assuming full constitutional obligations. A second problem is the import of a confrontational mainland political culture into a socially sensitive and geographically isolated mountain society. Politics has become polarised around loyalties to party leadership in Islamabad. Local leadership often emerges not through grassroots struggle or public legitimacy, but patronage networks, loyalty to party centres and access to federal power. This weakens local institutions and stymies independent political consensus. The PPP introduced the 2009 Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order, which created the current political structure. However, while the order established elected institutions, overriding authority remained concentrated within federally controlled structures. The PML-N focused on infrastructure and connectivity projects, but made little attempt at meaningful local empowerment. The party was reluctant even to take ownership of the Sartaj Aziz Committee’s report because it recommended full constitutional rights for GB. (It also provided the intellectual basis for the Supreme Court’s landmark 2019 judgement.) Instead, the PML-N’s 2018 order diluted the spirit of the report and even rolled back several powers granted under the PPP’s 2009 framework. People in Gilgit-Baltistan take part in elections and form governments, but the real levers of power are not in their hands. The PTI raised expectations by discussing provisional provincial status and constitutional reforms. However, when proposals concerning fuller constitutional status were presented, the party effectively ensured the continuation of the restrictive 2018 governance framework. All three parties converge on several core goals: maintaining political influence through patronage networks; using local elites dependent on federal authority; preserving centralised control over strategic geography and resources; avoiding a final constitutional settlement; expanding bureaucratic structures that cultivate political loyalties. The result is a political culture in which elections become contests for access to state patronage rather than serious debates on constitutional rights, fiscal autonomy, institutional reform, environmental sustainability, or long-term development. Another major impediment is the fragmentation of local political consciousness. Federal parties often exploit regional, sectarian, clan-based and constituency-level divisions for electoral advantage. The resulting divisions weaken the possibility of a unified political position capable of negotiating collective rights. Frequent shifts in political loyalty have normalised a culture in which the political process resembles an auction for legislative support. The result is a paradoxical system. People participate in elections, elect representatives and form governments, yet the real levers of power remain externalised. The assembly administers limited local matters, while strategic decisions, constitutional questions, resource frameworks and fiscal dependency are controlled from elsewhere. Roads, contracts, bureaucratic appointments and symbolic projects dominate political discourse, while deeper questions of political dignity, resource ownership, etc, remain unresolved. GB’s long-term challenge is to develop an indigenous political vision capable of transcending externally driven party competition. Such a vision must articulate demands for accountable governance, constitutional clarity, economic justice and genuine participation in decision-making. Ultimately, GB’s tragedy lies not merely in flawed governance, but also in the normalisation of a political charade. Every five years, elections are held under a constitutionally undefined framework that changes governments without altering the actual structure of power. The process is at its core a ritualistic transfer of authority among federally controlled political actors while fundamental questions of constitutional status, political rights, institutional accountability, etc, remain unresolved. This ambiguity facilitates elite capture through a flawed political system that enables control over local resources without meaningful accountability. Public resources continue to be consumed by expanding bureaucratic structures, patronage networks and non-development expenditures. More troubling is the ill-defined governance structure in which critical decisions, including appointments to senior judicial and institutional positions, are made through opaque processes. Such a system effectively guarantees immunity for unaccountable decision-makers, while ordinary citizens continue to bear the burden of weak institutions, unemployment, and political uncertainty. This has reduced Sunday’s election to an exercise in futility. Yet beneath this stagnant order, a transformation is taking place. A new generation is emerging in GB — educated, technologically connected, politically conscious and unwilling to accept symbolic representation in place of genuine rights and participation. This rising Gen Z, perhaps the most educated and politically aware generation in GB, may ultimately challenge the cycle of constitutional ambiguity and political misgovernance. No political structure built upon perpetual ambiguity, exclusion and managed dependency can endure indefinitely. If meaningful constitutional reform, institutional accountability, and genuine empowerment are delayed further, we will witness not merely political dissatisfaction, but also a far more assertive and organised demand for full meaningful constitutional integration with Pakistan, irrespective of competing political and strategic considerations. The writer, a former IGP Sindh, belongs to Gilgit-Baltistan. Published in Dawn, June 7th, 2026
• Police arrest at least 72 people, recover ‘weapons, suspicious documents’ • Situation tense in Poonch after trader gunned down in ‘clash with police’ MUZAFFARABAD: Authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Saturday launched a crackdown on the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), arresting scores of its leaders and activists from different areas. “In fulfilment of its responsibility to maintain public order and protect the lives and properties of citizens, police have arrested around 72 people affiliated with the proscribed JAAC over the past 18 hours,” said a handout issued by a spokesperson for police chief Liaqat Ali Malik. “During initial action, weapons, communication gadgets, suspicious documents, material related to plans that could adversely affect public order and organised mechanisms for violent agitational activities had been found, in addition to indications of questionable contacts with patrons and foreigners which are being investigated under law,” it added. The police spokesperson said the police and other institutions concerned were examining information, digital evidence and contacts indicating that some elements were “trying to exploit public issues to disrupt law and order, influence the electoral process, damage public and private property, incite hostility against state institutions and paralyse normal life through unconstitutional and violent actions”. He urged the public to remain peaceful, restrict movements and avoid taking part in any activity by any outlawed organisation and extend cooperation to law enforcers in their own interest. The police statement came in the wake of a tense situation in Poonch, where a trader, Shahzeb Habib, was killed by a gunshot wound late on Friday night. According to sources, Habib was last seen accompanying Umar Nazir Kashmiri, a JAAC core member from Poonch, on Friday night when they were returning from Khaigalla to Rawalakot. Their vehicle was intercepted by law enforcers near Barmang bridge, which reportedly led to “an exchange of fire” between the two sides during which Habib was believed to have been critically injured and later died. “At 11:45pm on Friday, when police tried to intercept a suspicious vehicle near Khaigalla, its armed occupants opened fire on them. Police also retaliated with firing, which led the armed men to escape,” claimed a post on the Facebook page of the AJK police. It made no mention of any death. Sources said the body of Habib was brought to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalakot, but his relatives did not allow the post-mortem. Mr Kashmiri was also said to have received minor injuries, but he had managed to escape arrest, according to some of his associates. On Saturday, relatives placed Habib’s body outside the hospital where they staged a sit-in for about four hours. Afterwards, it was taken to Tarar, his native village. Initially, it was decided that the funeral prayer would be held at 6pm. However, later his family and colleagues changed their mind and brought the body back to the CMH for a post-mortem examination, which could not be conducted when this report was dictated on phone, amid an internet shutdown. Witnesses said dozens of people were on a dharna (sit-in) outside the hospital. Reportedly, they were waiting for some JAAC core member to visit them and issue a direction regarding the next course of action. Earlier in the day, most shops in Rawalakot remained shut, except for those selling groceries, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, medicines, and restaurants, which recorded a “rush of panic buyers,” according to witnesses. “Rangers and police personnel are standing alert at many important points in the town. But I tell you there is hustle and bustle here,” a resident told Dawn by telephone. Witnesses said that a main route from the Azad Pattan Bridge had been blocked by protesters by placing boulders and other obstacles in the jurisdiction of the Mang police station, but other roads were mostly open. In Muzaffarabad, life remained normal. Though shops stayed open, traffic was thin on the roads. Police staged a flag march in various parts of the city. Meanwhile, a senior official at the AJK Supreme Court told Dawn that the two-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Raja Saeed Akram and Justice Khalid Yousaf Chaudhary, had finalised the apex court’s advice in response to a presidential reference under Article 46-A of the AJK Interim Constitution by 8pm. The sealed envelope, containing the advice, had been delivered by acting Registrar Malik Ahtisham to the secretary for presidential affairs at the President’s House here, he said. Published in Dawn, June 7th, 2026
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KHYBER: Enraged Zakhakhel tribesmen blocked the main highway leading to Torkham on Saturday and announced that they would take up arms in self-defence after two men were killed in a targeted attack late on Friday evening. Led by local tribal elder Malak Abdullah Khan, the protesters — including scores of political party activists, civil society members and tribesmen — announced that armed volunteers would be assigned the responsibility of patrolling local areas. They also announced a complete ban on motorcycle riding and barred all government employees belonging to the Zakhakhel tribe from performing their official duties until a durable solution for restoring peace was found. Furthermore, they called for a boycott of polio vaccination campaigns and the closure of all government and private schools in the Zakhakhel area. The protesters also refused to meet any government functionary until a meaningful crackdown was launched against suspected militants holed up in Mazreena and the surrounding localities. They also advised local police personnel against wearing uniforms to avoid being targeted. A fine of Rs1 million was announced for anyone found spying for either outlawed militant groups or law enforcement agencies. The protesters said the road blockade would continue until those involved in the targeted killing were apprehended and the area was cleared of all undesirable elements. The road closure also suspended the repatriation of Afghan families, leaving many vehicles carrying Afghan nationals stranded. Furthermore, the Zakhakhel elders criticised a series of raids carried out on private residences. They said that armed men, mostly local residents, regularly patrolled the main road at night. The highway protest followed the killing of two people in the Sultan Khel area of Landi Kotal late on Friday evening. According to police, the two men, who were relatives, were gunned down by assailants riding motorcycles in front of their house. Police said both men died on the spot, while the attackers managed to escape to a nearby hilly area, where a search operation was later conducted. The incident was the third of its kind since Ramazan. Earlier, unidentified gunmen targeted two policemen and a teenage relative of a police officer in the same area.
KHYBER: Enraged Zakhakhel tribesmen blocked the main highway leading to Torkham on Saturday, announcing picking up arms in self-defence after two men were killed in a targeted killing incident late on Friday evening. Headed by a local tribal elder, Malak Abdullah Khan, the protesters — including scores of political party activists, civic society members and local tribesmen — announced that armed tribesmen would be assigned the responsibility of patrolling local areas. They also announced a complete ban on motorcycle riding and barred all the government employees hailing from the Zakhakhel tribe from attending to their official duties until a durable solution to restore lasting peace was found. Furthermore, they called for a boycott of polio vaccination drives and for the closure of all the government and private schools in the Zakhakhel area. The protesters also refused to meet any government functionary till a meaningful crackdown was initiated against suspected militants holed up in Mazreena and the surrounding localities. They also advised local police against wearing a police uniform to avoid being targeted. A fine of Rs1 million was announced for those either spying for outlawed militant groups or the law enforcement agencies. The protestors said that the road blockade will continue till the culprits involved in the targeted killing were apprehended and the area was cleansed of all undesirable elements. The road closure also suspended the return of Afghan families, leaving many vehicles carrying Afghans stranded. Furthermore, the Zakhakhel elders criticised a series of raids conducted on private houses and the arrest of scores of innocent people under the guise of a clean-up operation. They said that armed men, mostly local residents, regularly conduct patrols of the main road at night. The law enforcement agencies have failed to check their movement. The highway protest followed an earlier killing of two people in the Sultan Khel area of Landi Kotal late on Friday evening. According to police, the two men, who were relatives, were gunned down by motorcycle riders in front of their house. They said that both men died on the spot, while the attackers managed to escape to a nearby hilly area, where a search operation was later conducted. The incident was the third of its type since Ramazan. Previously, unknown gunmen targeted two policemen along with a teenage relative of a police officer in the same vicinity.
Police said on Saturday that a man has been charged with indecent assault after he allegedly harassed a female passenger aboard a KMB double-decker. The arrest was made following a video circulating online on Friday that showed a man allegedly groping a female student who was sitting in the seat in front of him on the upper deck. Officers then managed to contact the secondary three student through her school to learn more about the incident and review surveillance camera footage. The 65-year-old was arrested later on Friday at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge arrival hall. Inspector Wan Ka-nam said the victim was not connected to the man and had just left school. "We will maintain close contact with the victim, her family and school to provide her with appropriate support," he said. The man will appear in West Kowloon Magistrate's Court on Monday. Edited by Azam Khan
Trinamool has lost control of the Mekhliganj municipality in Cooch Behar after its chairman defected to Congress, bringing six councillors with him. This marks the first civic body managed by Congress since the change of government in West Bengal. The chairman cited internal conflict within Trinamool as a reason for his move.
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Two people managed to survive after walking more than 50km to a water source and then a nearby town.
Residents of Gaza, south Lebanon, northern Israel and Kuwait were all under fire this week despite United States-arranged ceasefires supposedly in force in their regions. Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza and Lebanon, with Israeli forces still actively deployed in both places. Hezbollah rockets struck northern Israel, and Iranian attacks hit Kuwait’s international airport. The continued violence prompted US President Donald Trump to comment on Wednesday that ceasefires in the Middle East involved “shooting in a more moderate manner” rather than a total halt in fighting. Three truces his administration has negotiated were meant to have stopped the warfare. But while major fighting has greatly reduced, munitions are still falling and people still dying. This is how the ceasefires — and ongoing fighting — are playing out: What’s happening with the ceasefire in Gaza? The US brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on October 10, 2025, ending major warfare. The ceasefire deal involved a halt to all fighting, Hamas releasing all its remaining hostages in Gaza, Israel freeing Palestinian prisoners, a phased Israeli withdrawal, ramped-up aid and the opening of a crossing into Egypt. A Trump plan to build out the ceasefire was meant to involve agreements on disarming Hamas, a new Gaza government without the group’s involvement, reconstruction of Gaza and a complete Israeli withdrawal. Palestinians clear debris at the site of an Israeli strike on a house whose residents were warned to evacuate before the attack, in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip on June 5, 2026. — AFP However, while all hostages were released, the amount of aid reaching Gaza has not substantially increased. Hamas has not agreed to disarm. Reconstruction has not begun, and Israel has expanded its control of the territory. Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have continued, killing more than 900 Palestinians since the truce, including nine on Thursday. Sporadic Palestinian attacks have killed four Israeli soldiers in Gaza. Why is there still warfare in Lebanon? After fighting in 2024, a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah was only partially implemented, with both sides accusing the other of violations. Open warfare began again in March after war against Iran erupted, with Hezbollah firing into Israel and Israeli forces seizing swathes of southern Lebanon and pounding other areas with airstrikes. Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon on April 16 after rare contacts between representatives of the Israeli and Lebanese governments. Intense fighting continued in the south, but Israel mainly refrained from striking Beirut. Black smoke billows at a strike scene following an Israeli strike on a car as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon on June 5, 2026. — Reuters Since April 16, Israeli strikes have killed hundreds of people, bringing the total toll to more than 3,500 since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities, whose data does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israel says 26 of its soldiers and four civilians have been killed in Hezbollah attacks since March. Iran wants a ceasefire in Lebanon to be part of any deal to end its war with the United States and Israel and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. On Wednesday, Trump announced that Lebanon and Israel had agreed to implement a new ceasefire contingent on Hezbollah leaving southern areas. Israel says it can still carry out military operations despite the ceasefire and Hezbollah has rejected the truce. Fighting continues. Will the US and Iran cement their ceasefire? The US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, seeking to destroy its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. Both countries voiced hope the ruling theocratic system would be overthrown. That followed a 12-day war last year in which Israel, later joined by the United States, struck many of Iran’s nuclear facilities and military leaders. Despite many of Iran’s senior figures being killed, it has managed to close off the Strait of Hormuz, throttling Gulf energy exports and hitting the global economy. The US announced a ceasefire with Iran in early April, with talks to follow on a lasting end to hostilities, the reopening of Hormuz, the end of a US blockade on Iranian ports and a pathway to negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme. Iranians stand next to a symbol of a Kheibar missile as they take part during a rally in support of the country’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei and commemorate Eid al-Ghadir in Tehran on June 4, 2026. — AFP However, despite repeated rounds of indirect talks mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, there has been no fuller agreement yet. A deal would likely put off negotiation on the nuclear issue to a later stage. Meanwhile, the sides have repeatedly exchanged fire, with Iran also attacking Gulf states including Kuwait this week. Why haven’t the ceasefires been effective? All three deals have come unstuck in their first phase, with interim arrangements failing to move towards more lasting ceasefires. In each case, the combatants have been unwilling to accept painful concessions required to move beyond the first phase of transitional ceasefires. At times, they have turned to military action to try to advance goals they had to set aside when the truces were agreed or to test the boundaries of the agreements. “When there’s no movement and there’s no political horizon, it’s very difficult for a ceasefire to hold, because there’s no real incentive for the parties to that ceasefire to continue abiding by it if it doesn’t actually lead to any changes,” said Urban Coningham, research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. The diminishing influence of international bodies like the United Nations and the growing assertiveness of regional powers have also made it harder for long-term agreements to stick, he said.
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Forty-nine people died of thirst in Niger when a truck broke down in a remote part of the Sahara desert, leaving its passengers stranded without water. Two survivors managed to walk 50 kilometres through the desert to a water source and then to the town of Assamaka, where they alerted authorities.
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US President Donald Trump’s legal team has refused to hand over financial information sought by BBC lawyers in his $10 billion defamation case against the broadcaster, the Financial Times (FT) said on Friday, citing court filings. Trump has accused the publicly funded broadcaster of defaming him by splicing together parts of a January 6, 2021, speech to make it appear that he directed supporters to storm the US Capitol. The impetus for Trump’s request to delay “appears to be the flat refusal by the Donald J Trump Revocable Trust … to provide any financial information under subpoena”, the newspaper cited the BBC as saying in a court filing. That action came despite Trump’s claims that the BBC injured “the value of his brand, properties, and businesses” and the president’s “own refusal to date to provide any financial information in discovery”, the paper added. Trump’s lawsuit, filed in Florida in December, says the BBC violated a state law that bars deceptive and unfair trade practices. He is seeking damages of at least $5bn on each of its two counts. The broadcaster and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson for Trump’s legal team told the newspaper the BBC was liable for “intentionally and maliciously defaming him by distorting and manipulating his speech”. In a statement, the spokesperson added, “President Trump will continue to hold accountable the BBC and all those who traffic in fake news.” Trust managed by Trump’s eldest son In its bid to ascertain the documentary’s financial impact, the BBC has subpoenaed the trust, managed by Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, as the sole trustee, which holds the president’s business interests and assets, the paper said. The BBC legal team has sought financial documents that reflect the trust’s holdings and value, assets, inventories and properties, the paper added, citing court filings from May that it viewed. The request covers almost 400 entities owned by or associated with the trust, as well as requests for tax returns, the paper said. The documentary, first broadcast in 2024 shortly before a presidential election Trump won, featured a section in which he told supporters to march on the Capitol and another, from nearly an hour later, where he said, “Fight like hell.” The BBC apologised to Trump for the edit, but wants his lawsuit thrown out. Trump’s subsequent reelection showed the alleged defamation did not harm his reputation, the broadcaster said in court papers released in March.
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KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank are inching close to the target of $18 billion for current fiscal year (FY26), but a widening trade deficit threatens to erase the growth in reserves and remittances. Data issued by the central bank on Thursday showed that the forex reserves increased by $43 million to $17.2bn during the week ending on May 29. Financial experts see the improvement in reserves as a good sign, but at the same time they fear the widening trade imbalance would lead to a large current account deficit this fiscal year. They also pointed out that substantial payments to foreign creditors are due this month. SBP forex reserves are nearing their annual target, but large payments are also due this month June which means still a month is available to the SBP to catch the target of $18bn. The State Bank has been purchasing dollars from the inter-bank market to improve reserves and make external payments, while the exchange rate is being managed through a steady uptick in the rupee’s value against the dollar. “More important is the managed exchange rate, which may burst after June after large payments are made before the end of the fiscal year on June 30,” said Atif Ahmed, a currency expert. He added that since the dollar has been appreciating against all regional currencies except Pakistan’s, it is obvious the rupee is under depreciation pressure. According to Atif, the purchase of dollars from the inter-bank market by SBP makes no difference to the dollar rates since the price mechanism in banking market does not exist anymore. “The rate is determined by the central bank.” Alarming deficit Financial experts said the growing trade deficit would affect both the exchange rate and the current account deficit. The current account had a surplus of $1.8bn in FY25. “The trade deficit for the 11 months of FY26 has soared to $35bn, which is seen as alarming by economic managers of the country. It will definitely take the current account deficit to an unexpected level, putting pressure on the rupee to depreciate against the dollar,” said a financial expert. He recalled that the Indian rupee fell from Rs86 to Rs95 in a year. The trade deficit rose by 17.48pc to $34.76bn in July-May 2025-26, up from $29.58bn over the corresponding period last year: a rise of $5.18bn. Currency dealers have already predicted a slowdown in remittances, which means the target of $41bn would be hard to achieve in FY26. “The remittances depend upon the situation in Middle East as more than 50 per cent remittances come from this region,” said the expert. He said the ministry of finance is responsible for such a large trade deficit and would face a tough time in FY27 with higher current account deficit,” he added. The import bill went up to $62.66bn, mainly due to an increase in import of luxury items and foodgrain. The country’s total foreign exchange reserves at the end of last month were $22.63bn, including $5.44bn held by commercial banks. Published in Dawn, June 5th, 2026
Two people, however, managed to survive after walking more than 50 kilometers on foot to a nearby water source and then onwards to Assamaka, where the pair were able to alert the authorities, the Agadez governorate said on social media. Assamaka is a main crossing point between Niger and Algeria, but also close to the Mali frontier.