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A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder Block III fighter jet on the ground.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan says it intercepted four drones as Taliban claims air strikes

Pakistan's military said it intercepted four drones launched from Afghanistan into Balochistan on 1 July, as the Afghan Taliban claimed cross-border air strikes.

A general view of the city of Lahore, Pakistan, under a hazy sky.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Lahore tuition centre roof collapse kills 14 children in Kahna

At least 14 children were killed and several others injured when the roof of a private tuition centre collapsed in Lahore's Kahna area on 30 June 2026.

A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet taxiing on an airfield.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan says border operation killed 29 militants; Kabul reports civilian deaths

Pakistan said a ground operation in Bajaur and strikes in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar killed 29 militants, while Afghan officials reported civilian casualties.

Pakistan Rangers personnel in camouflage uniforms and berets standing in formation.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Karachi Rangers camp attack foiled, three personnel martyred

A vehicle-borne bomb and gun attack on the Pakistan Rangers camp in Karachi's Gulistan-i-Jauhar was foiled, leaving three personnel martyred and four injured.

A green mountainous landscape with a river valley in Lower Dir district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

CTD kills six terrorists in Lower Dir; girls' school blown up

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CTD and Lower Dir police killed six suspected terrorists in an operation, while a girls' primary school was destroyed in South Waziristan.

Sunset over the Tochi River in North Waziristan, with hills in the distance.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Five bomb disposal personnel martyred in North Waziristan attack

Officials said militants opened fire on a bomb disposal unit near a checkpost in Razmak during curfew hours, killing five personnel before forces launched a search operation.

The Clifton skyline of Karachi.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Karachi CTD arrests alleged TTP suicide bomber, seizes vest

The Counter Terrorism Department said it arrested a TTP-linked suspect in Karachi and recovered a suicide vest, maps and photographs of sensitive locations.

A UK and a Pakistani interior minister seated across a table during a bilateral meeting in London.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan and UK agree to expand counterterrorism and migration cooperation

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and British minister Hamish Falconer agreed to deepen cooperation on counterterrorism, illegal migration, police training and fake student visas.

Pakistan's army chief seated with a US official during a meeting in Washington.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Security officials say Pakistan's mediation averted a wider regional war

A senior security official said Pakistan's civil and military leadership helped prevent a major regional conflict and cited more than 2,100 terrorist incidents this year.

A PAC Super Mushshak trainer aircraft on display.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Two PAF officers martyred in trainer jet crash near Mardan

A Pakistan Air Force Super Mushshak trainer aircraft crashed on a routine sortie near Mardan, killing an instructor pilot and a Pakistan Navy trainee officer.

Punjab Police Dolphin Force officers on motorcycles patrolling city streets.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Nine-year-old girl killed in Punjab CCD firing in Chakwal

A nine-year-old girl was killed and two relatives injured when Punjab's Crime Control Department opened fire on their vehicle in Chakwal, mistaking it for robbers' car.

A mostly empty street lined with low shops in Digan, North Waziristan, with a few people walking in the distance.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan says 21 more militants killed in North Waziristan operations

The military said security forces killed 21 militants in Miranshah over 72 hours, including four ring leaders, taking the total to 48 in recent operations.