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• PTI bigwigs Gohar Ali Khan, Salman Akram Raja eye meeting with Imran

  Dawn - 02:35 Jun 23, 2026
  

  • Adiala superintendent claims counsel deliberately avoided collecting signed ‘power of attorney’ document, accuses them of ‘misleading’ court • Daughter seeks action against jail staff for ‘mistreating’ Bushra Bibi ISLAMABAD: As political tensions deescalate in parliament, PTI interim chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Secretary General Salman Akram were among lawyers whose names had been shared with the Adiala jail administration for a meeting with former prime minister Imran Khan, who has been in jail on multiple charges since 2023. The list submitted by Awais Younas Chaudhry Advocate included the names of Barrister Gohar, Salman Akram Raja, Ali Zaman, Haider Majeed, Imran Khan Orakzai and Shamsa Kiyani. The jail administration was requested to allow them to meet the incarcerated party chief on Tuesday in line with the court orders. The list containing the names of Barrister Gohar and Salman Raja came after the PTI interim chairman said in parliament that he hoped that the recent handshake between oppos...

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• 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolts parts of KP, Islamabad, Punjab

  Dawn - 20:48 Jun 22, 2026
  

  A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Islamabad on Monday. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the earthquake was recorded at 3:22pm at a depth of 215 kilometres with the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan as its epicentre. It was felt in Peshawar, Islamabad, Mansehra, Swat, Battagram, Abbottabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Mianwali, Multan and Potohar region, among other areas. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the Rescue 1122 spokesperson in KP directed the public to contact their helpline immediately in case of an emergency. No reports of loss of life or destruction of property have been received in Punjab so far, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) spokesperson said in a statement. Citizens have been asked to contact the PDMA Punjab helpline at 1129 for any assistance or information related to the earthquake. In April, an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 jolted Islamabad and KP. Earlier that month, the areas also felt tremors ...

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• Magic Messi makes FIFA World Cup history to send Argentina into last 32

  Dawn - 20:40 Jun 22, 2026
  

  Lionel Messi became the leading scorer in World Cup history as the captain struck twice to give Argentina a 2-0 win over Austria on Monday and send the champions into the last 32. The player widely regarded as the greatest of all time pounced late in the first half in Texas with a trademark left-footed finish after neat build-up play. The predatory goal added to his hat-trick in Argentina’s opening match to make it 17 in total at the World Cup. The 38-year-old then sealed the match deep in injury time after a scramble in the box, as he outfoxed four defenders who lined up to keep the ball out. It should have been even better for Messi, who missed a penalty early on, stunning a fiercely pro-Argentina 70,649 crowd at the air-conditioned home of the Dallas Cowboys. With both sides knowing a win would put them into the knockout rounds with a game to spare, Lautaro Martinez was brought down in the box, sandwiched by two Austrian players. Referee Amin Mohamed gave a penalty after a VAR intervention, and a wall of n...

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• Pakistani, Indian nationals among 13 dead after 'technical malfunction' at Qatar LNG plant

  Dawn - 19:47 Jun 22, 2026
  

  Pakistani and Indian nationals were among 13 killed after an explosion at Qatar’s massive Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex, attributed to a “technical malfunction”, Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Saad al-Kaabi said on Monday. Authorities are investigating the cause of the explosion, which Saad al-Kaabi said was “an accident and not sabotage or hostile in nature”. He announced “the tragic loss of 13 lives of our people who hold Indian and Pakistani nationalities”. The state minister said that 66 people were reported injured and were receiving medical treatment, none of whom were in life-threatening condition. They hold Qatari, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Kenyan, Ghanian, Tanzanian, Nigerian and Nepalese nationalities, he added. India’s embassy in Qatar said local authorities had confirmed “that 12 Indian nationals have unfortunately passed away in the Ras Laffan incident”. The embassy said it was working in close contact with the Qatari authorities to extend “all possible help to the In...

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• Kashmir parliamentary committee chairman requests meeting with Achakzai to discuss AJK situation

  Dawn - 19:07 Jun 22, 2026
  

  ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the National Assembly’s (NA) Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon, has requested NA Opposition Leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai to spare the time for a meeting discussing the situation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), it emerged on Monday. The regional administration and the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) remain at odds over various issues, most notably the committee’s demand to abolish the 12 seats in the region’s Legislative Assembly that are reserved for refugees from Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir who settled in mainland Pakistan after 1947. In a letter addressed to Achakzai, Qasim wished to meet him at the earliest, citing the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) leader’s role in Pakistan’s political landscape and his continued engagement on matters of national importance. He stated that the proposed meeting would focus on the Kashmir dispute, the prevailing volatile situation in the region, and ways to strengthen Pakistan’s diplomatic, parliamentar...

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• Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian to visit Pakistan on Tuesday: FO

  Dawn - 19:07 Jun 22, 2026
  

  Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will undertake an official visit to Pakistan tomorrow, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday. During his visit, which is at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the president will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including ministers and other high-ranking officials. During his visit, Pezeshkian will meet President Asif Ali Zardari and hold talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, and Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will call on the visiting dignitary, the FO said. “This will be Dr Pezeshkian’s second visit to Pakistan in his capacity as President of Iran,” the FO noted. “During the visit, the two sides will review the full spectrum of bilateral relations and explore new avenues to further deepen cooperation across diverse sectors, including trade, energy, border security, people-to-people exchanges, and regional connectivity,” it stated. It also termed the visit an “imp...

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• India likely won't export sugar for years as El Niño, ethanol squeeze supply

  Dawn - 18:28 Jun 22, 2026
  

  India, once the world’s second-largest sugar exporter, is expected to have little surplus for export for at least three more seasons as El Niño weather conditions threaten cane production and rising ethanol demand squeezes supply. The twin pressures are poised to keep millions of tonnes of sugar off the world market, tightening supplies for importers across Asia, Africa and the Middle East and supporting benchmark prices in London and New York. A prolonged absence by India from export markets would remove a key balancing supplier as weather risks and biofuel policies reshape global sugar trade flows. Interviews with over a dozen trade and industry executives, government sources and farmers show that lower cane availability and rising ethanol demand will leave little for exports for several years, prompting dealers at global houses to warn head offices of shrinking opportunities in India, trade sources said. Government expected to curb imports season by season Sugar is politically sensitive in global top consu...

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• What do we know about $300bn fund to Iran under the MoU with US?

  Dawn - 17:37 Jun 22, 2026
  

  At the heart of the deal to end the Middle East war lies a $300 billion fund to rebuild and develop Iran – but so far it is unclear who will foot the bill. Here’s what we know about the fund and its potential backers. What’s in the text? The memorandum of understanding (MoU) says Washington “undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development” of Iran. “The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalised as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers, and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America,” it added. The text does not say who will contribute to the fund, which is only one of many economic incentives the Americans have dangled in front of Iran to encourage them to sign a definitive deal. The text also states the end of “all types of sanctions” on Iran upon the signing of a final deal, with Washingto...

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• UK PM Starmer announces resignation amid mounting pressure, says will give successor 'full, unequivocal support'

  Dawn - 17:11 Jun 22, 2026
  

  Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday resigned from his position, paving the way for Britain’s seventh leader in a decade. Addressing the press outside 10 Downing Street, Starmer said he would accept his party’s decision with “good grace”, and would extend his unequivocal and full support to his successor. “Every decision I have taken has been about putting the country I love first, and that is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party.” He added that he informed Britain’s King Charles III of his decision in the morning. Starmer said he had asked the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee to set out a timetable opening on July 9 and completed by the summer recess. “In the case of a contest, this will ensure a new leader is in place before parliament returns in September,” he said, stating that he will remain in post as prime minister “until a contest is complete”. “I will do everything I can to ensure an orderly handover of power,” he added. Veteran Labour politician Andy Burnham is the frontrunner...

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• 14 killed in fire at building in India's Lucknow

  Dawn - 17:04 Jun 22, 2026
  

  A fire at a building housing a library and a coaching centre for college students in India’s Lucknow killed at least 14 people on Monday, officials said. The fire in Lucknow, the capital city of northern Uttar Pradesh state, started from the middle floor of the three-storey commercial building located in a residential area and soon spread to other levels. “Fourteen children from happy families were killed in the incident,” the state’s deputy chief minister, Brajesh Pathak, told reporters, adding four others were injured in the blaze. It was not clear whether all of the dead were students. Multiple students jumped from the upper level of the building onto the street below to escape the flames, witnesses told an AFP reporter. Indian TV showed images of the flames leaping out from the front facade of the building as firefighters struggled to put out the fire. The building housed a coaching centre for college students, a library and a computer graphics section. Building fires are common in India due to a lack of ...

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• Police register terrorism case against driver in Karachi's DHA imambargah car crash

  Dawn - 16:44 Jun 22, 2026
  

  KARACHI: Police on Monday registered a terrorism case against the driver of a van that crashed into a tent of mourners outside an imambargah in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) a day earlier. Three of the driver’s companions were also named in the first information report (FIR) registered on the complaint of the imambargah’s security head. According to police, at around 9.30pm on Sunday night, a Suzuki pick-up had rammed into a tent outside the imambargah where mourners were attending a Muharram majlis. A teenage girl injured in the incident succumbed to her wounds today. Twenty-three others were injured in the incident, including the driver and his companions, who are under treatment at a hospital and have been taken into custody. Five wounded were treated for minor injuries and discharged immediately, whereas the condition of a man admitted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) remains critical. South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Syed Asad Raza earlier said the driver had lost control of t...

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• PPP's Amjad Hussain elected as GB chief minister after members take oath

  Dawn - 16:29 Jun 22, 2026
  

  GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elected PPP’s Advocate Amjad Hussain as the chief minister on Monday, just hours after the newly elected assembly members took oath. This came after the PPP’s Imran Nadeem Shigri and the PML-N’s Malik Kifayatur Rehman were elected as the assembly’s speaker and deputy speaker, respectively. Nadeem announced the election schedule for the leader of the House, gave until 7:40pm to file the nomination papers and withdrawals for the position of chief minister, and adjourned the proceedings. PPP’s Hussain filed nomination papers, but no other candidate did so for the chief minister’s position. Subsequently, Nadeem announced at 8pm that Hussain was elected as the GB CM unopposed. Meanwhile, the GB speaker declared PML-N local president Hafeezur Rehman as the opposition leader in the house, saying the opposition members had submitted a requisition in this regard. The assembly hall was crowded with the guests of members, journalists, politicians, visitors and VIPs, with the press g...

• Airline ticket prices may stay high as carriers bank fuel relief from Iran deal

  Dawn - 15:03 Jun 22, 2026
  

  Airlines stand to save billions of dollars on jet fuel after an interim US-Iran peace deal sent oil prices lower, but passengers are unlikely to see immediate relief as tight capacity may allow carriers to keep fares well above pre-war levels. The United States market offers the clearest example. Fare increases still lag this year’s run-up in fuel costs, while domestic seat growth remains limited. That gives airlines leeway to use lower fuel bills to rebuild margins rather than reverse recent price increases. US jet fuel spot prices stood at $2.85 a gallon on June 17, down sharply from an early April high of $4.88. A decline of that size would cut the US airline industry’s annual fuel bill by more than $40 billion if sustained, according to a Reuters calculation based on industry fuel consumption. Fares still lag fuel As jet fuel prices surged, US airlines raised ticket prices and bag fees, and cut schedules, but those steps have offset only part of the rise in fuel costs. Industry data show jet fuel prices r...

• KP police rescue foreign citizen, arrest her husband in Bara after allegations of domestic abuse

  Dawn - 13:30 Jun 22, 2026
  

  KHYBER: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police on Monday announced the recovery of a foreign citizen and her children from a house in Bara after allegations of domestic abuse and physical torture inflicted by her husband, who was also taken into custody. On June 18, in a written complaint submitted to the Khyber district police officer (DPO), the complainant claimed that she and her children had been living in an extremely difficult situation for the last 12 years as her husband had been subjecting them to domestic abuse and physical torture. The complainant alleged that her husband had deprived her and her children of freedom and was not fulfilling his legitimate duties as a caring husband and father. “He beats us and puts pressure on our lives on a daily basis. We have scars on our faces and other parts of our bodies due to his violent outbursts,” she alleged. The complainant appealed to the police to register a criminal case against her husband, after which the police filed a First Information Report the same ...

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• Quetta ATC finds BYC's Mahrang, another leader guilty in 2024 case

  Dawn - 13:16 Jun 22, 2026
  

  An anti-terrorism court in Quetta has found Mahrang Baloch, chief organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, and another group leader guilty in a case involving the death of a security personnel during a protest in Gwadar in 2024 that turned violent. ATC Quetta-1 Judge Muhammad Ali Mobeen heard the case pertaining to the death of a Frontier Corps (FC) personnel who died as a result of injuries received from a mob pelting stones. BYC’s Mahrang, Sibghatullah Shahji and others were nominated in the case. After completing the hearing, the court announced the verdict on Monday, handing life sentences to Mahrang and Sibghatullah, the former’s lawyer Israr Jattak told the media. A written verdict is yet to be released. “The judge of the ATC Quetta has awarded a life term to Mahrang Baloch and Sibghatullah Shah Ji in the murder case of FC personnel,” Jattak said. While the exact details of the case are unclear, BYC protesters had clashed with security personnel in Gwadar on July 29, 2024 as the organisation gathered...

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• Alan Greenspan, longtime US Federal Reserve chairman, dies aged 100

  Dawn - 12:36 Jun 22, 2026
  

  Alan Greenspan, hailed as the greatest Federal Reserve chairman when he retired in 2006 but derided for a severe financial crisis that followed barely two years later, died on Monday aged 100, NBC News reported. Greenspan, who exerted a powerful influence on the US economy during his tenure at the helm of the Fed from August 1987 to January 2006, died at his home from complications of Parkinson’s disease, NBC reported, citing his wife, Andrea Mitchell, who is the outlet’s chief Washington correspondent. Greenspan oversaw the second-longest economic expansion in US history, an uninterrupted decade of growth from March 1991 to March 2001. His decision to let the economy run — despite pressure to raise interest rates against an inflation threat that never materialised — helped foster years of US prosperity and earned him rock star status as an economic “maestro”. The era was marked by his prescient judgment that a productivity surge in the mid-1990s would keep inflation contained. His intuition in that moment is...

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• Federal, Sindh govts declare June 25, 26 as public holidays on account of Ashura

  Dawn - 12:08 Jun 22, 2026
  

  The federal and Sindh governments on Monday announced public holidays on June 25 (Thursday) and 26 (Friday) on account of Ashura. In a notification dated June 22, the Cabinet Secretariat said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has declared Muharram 9 and 10, falling on June 25-26, as public holidays. Meanwhile, the Sindh Information Department also issued a notification to this effect on social media platform X. The notification, issued by Sindh’s chief secretary, said. “The government of Sindh, hereby declares June 25 and 26, 2026 as public holidays throughout the province of Sindh, on the occasion of Ashura (Muharram 9 and 10, 1448 A.H).” It added that all offices, autonomous bodies, semi-autonomous bodies, corporations and local councils under the administrative control of the government of Sindh, except essential services, would remain closed. Muharram is a month of mourning, observed in particular by Shia Muslims worldwide. It commemorates the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD, where, amongst many, the grandso...

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• Five moments from the Burgenstock summit that got people talking

  Dawn - 11:33 Jun 22, 2026
  

  All eyes were on Burgenstock over the weekend as high-level delegations from the United States, Iran, Qatar and Pakistan descended upon the idyllic Swiss hamlet to iron out the details of the Islamabad Memorandum. The US team of Vice President JD Vance, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, came face-to-face with the Iranian team comprising chief negotiator and parliamentary speaker, Bagher Ghalibaf, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a rare meeting outside of Islamabad. The talks were hosted and mediated by the Pakistani team of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Information Minister Ataullah Tarar, along with a Qatari delegation led by Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. The media circus unfolding above Lake Lucerne managed to capture moments from the historic talks that would otherwise never have been...

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• India in talks to sell supersonic BrahMos missile to UAE, sources say

  Dawn - 10:24 Jun 22, 2026
  

  The Indian government is in talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to sell some of its flagship defence systems, including the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, four Indian sources said, as the Gulf nation steps up arms procurement following the war in the Middle East. The discussions, which have not been previously reported, include the potential sale of India’s air defence system Akashteer, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. “The UAE has shown interest for a number of our weapon systems, including BrahMos and Akashteer. The talks between India and the UAE are at initial stages and are progressing fast,” said a third source with direct knowledge of the matter. Indian officials and the UAE foreign ministry did not respond to requests for comment. BrahMos, jointly developed by India and Russia, is among the world’s fastest cruise missiles and can be launched from land, sea and air platforms, while Akashteer is a fully automated air defence system developed by India’s state-run Bh...

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• Pakistan will continue to play 'honest, sincere role' in advancing dialogue, says PM after US-Iran talks in Switzerland

  Dawn - 10:09 Jun 22, 2026
  

  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed Pakistan’s continued commitment to play an “honest and sinere” role in advancing dialogue in what were his first remarks after the conclusion of a high-level meeting between the United States and Iran under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding aimed at ending the Middle East conflict. In a post on X, PM Shehbaz expressed satisfaction at the “successful conclusion” of the meeting held in Switzerland’s Burgenstock. The premier stated that the discussions were held in a “positive and constructive atmosphere and yielded encouraging progress,” which included a roadmap towards the final deal within 60 days, the establishment of a high-level committee for political oversight and the commencement of further technical talks. PM Shehbaz commended the leadership of both the US and Iran for “continued commitment to constructive engagement”. He also expressed thanks for “all brotherly and friendly countries for their valuable support in advancing this historic process...

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