The Bajwa-Imran regime has moved a bill in the National Assembly to amend the NEPRA Act of 1997, such that NEPRA (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) can impose surcharges on electricity consumers at will. The Bajwa-Imran regime has done so to comply with the dictates of the IMF.

As pressure mounted upon the military leadership of the nuclear armed, world’s fifth largest army to liberate Occupied Kashmir, the Corps Commanders Conference of 17 June 2020 “resolved to continue thwarting Indian designs and expose Indian targeting of innocent civilians in Kashmir and open support to terrorist outfits” [No PR-94/2020-ISPR].

Pakistan’s number of Covid-19 cases have now surpassed those of China, which was the global center of the outbreak and whose population is almost five times larger. The hospitals have become overwhelmed with cases of Coronavirus disease, with shortages in ventilators for the severely ill and an increase in infections amongst doctors and nurses through lack of protection.

Effectively abdicating itself of responsibility over Indian Occupied Kashmir, the Bajwa-Imran regime confines itself to threats of retaliation over attacks across the Line of Control. The Director General of ISPR on 3 June 2020 cautioned the Hindu State to “not play with fire,” by undertaking military adventurism. However, mere threats failed to deter the year-long military adventurism that the Hindu State has already undertaken in Occupied Kashmir.