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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to visit Pakistan for high-level talks with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The agenda is expected to focus on trade, energy, border security, regional connectivity and follow-up on recent diplomatic understandings.
Advocate Raja Amjad Ali Khan has announced his complete separation from the banned Joint Awami Action Committee in Azad Kashmir. In a video statement, he urged youth to pursue positive politics and accused the movement of being diverted from its original peaceful direction.
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has approved Advocate Amjad Hussain as the PPP’s nominee for Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister after the party’s strong election performance. The move follows a PPP-PML-N power-sharing understanding and sets the stage for government formation in the region.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir have departed for Switzerland to attend Iran-US technical-level talks under the Islamabad MoU framework. Pakistan and Qatar are mediating the process as efforts continue to stabilise the fragile regional peace agreement.
The PPP is set to form the next Gilgit-Baltistan government with PML-N support under a new power-sharing formula. The agreement gives the chief minister and speaker posts to the PPP, while key constitutional and assembly roles will go to the PML-N.
PPP supporters blocked the Karakoram Highway in Chilas after alleging that the GBA-16 Diamer-II result was finalised unlawfully. The protest stranded travellers and intensified political tensions over Gilgit-Baltistan’s post-election government formation.
A Lahore anti-terrorism court sentenced Dr Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry, Omar Sarfraz Cheema and Mahmoodur Rasheed to 10 years in a May 9 case. Shah Mahmood Qureshi was acquitted in the same matter, making the verdict a major political and legal development.
Pakistan’s reported role in the US-Iran diplomatic breakthrough has raised hopes that Islamabad can convert crisis mediation into strategic and economic gains. The next challenge will be turning visibility into trade, energy and regional connectivity benefits.
Pakistan has warned that 17 Indian water projects could alter the Indus river system and threaten regional stability. Ishaq Dar said India’s actions risk turning shared waters into a coercive tool and urged respect for the Indus Waters Treaty.
The federal government has invited the PPP to join the cabinet, with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari likely to receive a key ministry if the party accepts. A wider reshuffle is expected after the Budget 2026-27 process, with ministerial performance reviews already sought by the prime minister.
Pakistan’s National Assembly budget debate turned chaotic as PML-N, PTI and other lawmakers clashed during proceedings on Budget 2026-27. The government is racing to complete the finance bill process before Ashura holidays, while opposition parties continue to challenge both the budget and the ruling coalition’s conduct.
Pakistan has extended its airspace ban on Indian civilian and military aircraft until July 24, according to a fresh PAA notice. The restriction applies to Indian-registered and India-operated aircraft across Karachi and Lahore flight information regions amid continuing Pakistan-India tensions.
