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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 Pakistan State Oil petrol and CNG station in Hyderabad, Sindh.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan cuts petrol price by Rs4, keeps diesel unchanged

The government reduced petrol to Rs377.78 per litre from 6 June while holding high-speed diesel at Rs380.78, the fourth straight weekly cut in petrol prices.

Shops and stalls along the Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar, Pakistan.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan launches fixed 1% tax scheme for small shopkeepers

The government unveiled the Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for traders with turnover up to Rs200 million, offering a flat 1% tax, simplified filing and exemptions from audits.

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.

Stacks of shipping containers and cranes at a port in Karachi.Pakistan / Business & Finance

US proposes 10pc tariff on Pakistan in forced-labour probe

The USTR proposed additional duties on 60 economies, naming Pakistan among six found not to have effectively enforced a ban on imports made with forced labour.

The white domed Parliament House building in Islamabad.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Budget postponed to June 10 as coalition and IMF talks stall

Pakistan pushed its FY2026-27 federal budget from June 5 to June 10 after the government and the PPP agreed on a new date while spending talks with the IMF stayed unresolved.

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.