Politics & Courts Correspondent

Hamza Qureshi

Stories by Hamza Qureshi

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A view of Mong Road in Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, with buildings and hills.

Police clear Rawalakot military hospital as AJK unrest toll reaches seven

Police said four security personnel were martyred and three members of the proscribed JAAC were killed as they cleared the besieged CMH Rawalakot in AJK.

The Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, rising above a landscaped plaza under a clear blue sky.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Naqvi carries CDF's message to Tehran as US-Iran talks stall

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran carrying a message from Field Marshal Asim Munir for Iran's supreme leader amid a fragile US-Iran stalemate.

A bright, intense sun seen from a balcony in Islamabad.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

PMD warns of heatwave across Pakistan from 7 to 12 June

The Pakistan Meteorological Department warned that heatwave conditions would develop from 7 June, with parts of Sindh and Balochistan forecast to reach 48°C to 51°C.

The Chenab River flowing past farmland near Gujrat in Punjab, Pakistan.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan says India's Chenab-Beas link would 'weaponise' water

The Foreign Office said India's Chenab-Beas Link Tunnel, which would divert 1.9 million acre-feet a year, violates the Indus Waters Treaty and international law.

Flames and smoke rising through trees on a forested hillside.

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Wildfire burns over 3,000 hectares of forest in Kotli Sattian

A two-day forest fire in Punjab's Kotli Sattian destroyed an estimated 3,326 hectares across 27 locations, according to a Suparco satellite assessment released on 2 June 2026.

View over Gilgit city with mountains in the background.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

PTI says four leaders expelled from Gilgit-Baltistan before polls

PTI said on 2 June 2026 that Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and three other leaders were stopped from entering Gilgit-Baltistan and escorted out before the 7 June election.

Blister pack of tablets with printed labelling.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Cabinet approves track-and-trace system for medicines

Pakistan's cabinet approved a nationwide medicine track-and-trace system with mandatory 2D barcodes on 2 June 2026 to curb counterfeit drugs, the health minister said.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

EU praises Pakistan's US-Iran mediation as Kallas pledges deeper ties

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called Pakistan a major regional power on 1 June 2026 and thanked it for mediating between the United States and Iran.

A water tanker in Karachi used to supply households during shortages.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Karachi water crisis deepens as Dhabeji pumping station outage cuts supply

A power failure at Karachi's Dhabeji pumping station shut down 10 of 21 units on 31 May 2026, deepening a two-month water crisis across the city.

View over Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Centre-JAAC talks end without breakthrough, June 9 strike to go ahead

Nine hours of talks between Pakistan's federal team and the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee ended late on 30 May 2026 with the June 9 strike still on.

Voters queuing outside a polling station during a Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

PTI says Junaid Akbar expelled from Gilgit-Baltistan

PTI alleged its KP president Junaid Akbar and other lawmakers were detained and expelled from Gilgit-Baltistan on 29 May 2026, weeks before the June 7 election.

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in a dark suit, photographed during an official visit.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Rubio hails Pakistan's mediation as Dar visits Washington

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Pakistan's Middle East mediation during talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on 29 May 2026.