Pakistan for Friday, June 5, 2026
- Wall Street ends sharply lower as chips slide, jobs data fuels rate hike fears
- AJK govt bans Joint Awami Action Committee under anti-terrorism act
- Govt reduces petrol price by Rs4, keeps diesel price unchanged
- US Congress moves to tighten oversight of military affairs
- Earthquake tremors felt in Lahore, other parts of Punjab: PDMA
- Election campaigning ends in GB as 48-hour ban comes into force
- Pakistan ‘categorically rejects’ India’s remarks on GB elections as ‘baseless’
- NDMA warns of heavy rain, hailstorms and landslide risks in northern regions
- Nasa reverses evacuation alert order for astronauts aboard International Space Station
- Govt targets Rs50b via trader scheme
- AJK outlaws JAAC following protest call
- Six terrorists killed in Panjgur IBO
- Iran says $24b assets row stalls talks
- Petrol price slashed by Rs4/litre, diesel steady
- Pakistan rejects India's objections to G-B polls
- Putin rules out Zelensky meeting any time soon
- ISS air leak triggers alarm
- Israel, Hezbollah trade attacks
- US adds $38m for Ebola
- US judge lifts Trump curbs on legal immigration processing
- PIA to resume flights to Beijing from July 3
- 4.9 magnitude quake rattles Punjab
- JCP to meet on judges appointment rules on June 11
- Naqvi calls for SCO security cooperation
- AJK goes to polls on July 27
- Water projects face funding shortfall
- PPP eyes victory as G-B campaign ends
- MDCAT proposed for foreign admissions
- Shehbaz eyes deeper Saudi investment ties
- FCC bars arbitrary public offices appointments
- ECC restores Rs7b for MPs' schemes
- Fuel, food push SPI higher by 14.75% YoY
- Saudi investors eye three motorway projects
- Inventory gains recovery opposed
- Gold falls belowRs468,000 per tola
- Small traders welcome 1% turnover tax scheme
- PSX ends range-bound session in red
- Petrochemical complex to save $5b in imports
- Murad orders action against flour price hike
- Ex-wife of Dubai ruler's nephew arrested in custody dispute
- Anger over water woes boils over
- Wheat price surge stokes inflation fears
- High-risk UCs samples test negative for polio
- Sindh storm death toll climbs to 16: PDMA
- PML-N hits out at PPP over Sindh 'decline'
- Two impersonators held during FIA recruitment test
- 'Wanted' criminal among two killed in police encounter
- Bilawal vows to ensure ownership rights, 18th Amendment protections for Gilgit-Baltistan
- CM vows to rid Punjab of plastic pollution
- Lawmaker gets interim bail in actress harassment case
- Woman reunited with family after 22 years
- Four die of electrocution
- Wastewater treatment plant construction resumes
- Four workers die of suffocation
- Post-rain filth sparks public health fears
- Capital eyes provincial-style governance
- Four booked after hospital escape drama
- COMSATS campus faces shutdown over lack of funds
- Medical colleges struggle to fill seats
- Ex-student held in school burglary case
- Everest Sherpa, who was presumed dead, found alive after 6 days; family demands probe into rescue delays
- AJK govt issues travel advisory ahead of JAAC protest, asks visitors to leave
- FO rebuffs New Delhi’s ‘outlandish claims’ over GB elections
- How Trump's ceasefires are failing to stop Middle East violence
- K-P disgruntled MPAs reject reconciliation efforts
- Govt launches scheme to bring small shop owners into tax net
- PSCA intensifies crackdown on fake and cloned number plates
- Islamabad Police GB election deployment cancelled
- SBP rates show rupee stable against major currencies
- Pakistan remains committed to 'Shanghai spirit', Naqvi tells SCO moot
- Vox highlights Pakistan’s growing role in US diplomacy
- PTA warns against use of SIMs by others
- 2 sons of tribal elder killed as armed men open fire in KP's Wana
- 6 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation in Balochistan's Panjgur: ISPR
- PIA to resume direct Islamabad-Beijing flights from July 3
- PM Shebhaz forms committee to propose commercial courts framework
- India's 'Cockroach Party' chief flies to New Delhi for protest
- CM Maryam reaffirms commitment to environmental protection
- Climate change poses serious threat to Pakistan, say president and PM
- PML-N MPA Saqib Chadhar secures interim bail after being booked for allegedly harassing actor Momina Iqbal
- Election schedule for AJK announced, polls to be held on July 27
- Six militants killed in intelligence-based operation in Panjgur
- Polling arrangements completed for GB elections
- Trump lawyers deny BBC access to financial details in $10 billion lawsuit, FT says
- China's Xi to visit North Korea as Beijing seeks deeper Pyongyang ties
- We shall forever remain grateful to President Trump for restoring peace in South Asia: PM
- Pakistan retains all options against Indian water diversion plans: FO
- Govt committed to protecting minority rights, promoting inclusive society: Attaullah Tarar
- SC upholds death sentence in Noor Muqaddam murder case; father says justice prevailed
- Govt eyes centralised tax model to curb official-taxpayer contact
- Sharjeel Memon, Mohsin Naqvi discuss anti-drug crackdown, law & order
- Chairman Senate attends US Independence Day Reception, reaffirms Pak–US Partnership
- CJP discusses mediation reforms with Singapore delegation
- Rana Sanaullah confident of PML-N victory in G-B elections
- MNAs call on PM; overall political situation discussed
- Punjab expands farm mechanisation as CM Maryam orders 20,000 more tractors for farmers
- Pakistan turn down invitation to participate in Asian fencing event in India
- Bondi Beach hero charged with assaulting father
- Soaring trade gap emerges as black hole for dollars
- Nepra reduces electricity charges for three months