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Pakistan Army personnel in combat gear moving along a rubble-strewn street lined with damaged buildings during a clearance operation.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan says 27 militants killed in North Waziristan operations

The military said security forces killed 27 militants linked to the banned TTP in Miranshah over 72 hours, avenging the killing of tribal elder Malik Saifullah Dawar.

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.

Map of Balochistan with Panjgur District highlighted.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Security forces kill six terrorists in Panjgur operation: ISPR

The ISPR said security forces killed six terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan's Panjgur district on the night of 3-4 June 2026.

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.

A view over Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, with hills in the background.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

AJK proscribes Joint Awami Action Committee before June 9 strike

The AJK Home Department listed the Joint Awami Action Committee in the First Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act, days before its planned region-wide strike.

A Pakistan Army soldier at a defensive position in the Swat valley.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Security forces kill four terrorists in DI Khan and Mohmand IBOs

The ISPR said troops killed four militants described as Fitna al-Khawarij in two intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the night of 3-4 June.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

PM Shehbaz hails Pakistan-US ties at US 250th anniversary event

At a reception at the US Embassy in Islamabad, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called the two countries strong partners and praised President Trump's peace efforts.

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.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

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.

Map of Balochistan province showing its districts, each labelled in English.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Security forces kill 17 in Balochistan operations after Quetta bombing

The ISPR said on 2 June 2026 that 17 terrorists were killed in intelligence-based operations in Mastung, Nushki, Zehri, Khuzdar and Kech after the 24 May Quetta train bombing.