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Karachi investigators have submitted an interim charge sheet against Anmol alias Pinky, alleging a long-running cocaine network targeting elite areas and students. The court adjourned proceedings until June 20 as forensic and departmental reports remain pending.
Pakistan will host the Geneva signing ceremony of a landmark US-Iran peace agreement on June 19, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told parliament. Islamabad says the deal will end hostilities and strengthen Pakistan’s role as a regional diplomatic facilitator.
A Pakistan Air Force trainer aircraft crashed near Mardan during a routine training sortie, leaving Flight Lieutenant Muhammad Qasim Abdullah and Lieutenant Taha Abbasi martyred. Air Headquarters has formed a board of inquiry to determine the cause of the accident.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has ordered a province-wide crackdown on wheat hoarding after procurement reached less than nine per cent of the official target. The province will seek emergency purchases from Passco and monitor private stocks to prevent artificial shortages and flour price hikes.
Rawalpindi Traffic Police has started installing QR panic buttons and GPS tracking systems in public transport vehicles. The system will allow passengers to send live location and vehicle data to police and Safe City authorities during emergencies.
The Lahore High Court has ruled that parents cannot waive a minor child’s future rights to maintenance or inheritance through private compromises. The court directed family and civil courts to independently assess settlements involving minors before approval.
Karachi has reported another mpox case after a 26-year-old man tested positive, raising Sindh’s tally to 37. The patient has no foreign travel history, increasing concern over locally detected infections and the need for stronger public health surveillance.
The FIA says 46 suspected human traffickers have been arrested in the Gujranwala region over the past two weeks. Officials allege the suspects took around Rs100 million from citizens by promising foreign travel and jobs through fraudulent channels.
The State Bank of Pakistan has kept the policy rate unchanged at 11.5 per cent as inflation returns to double digits and regional conflict raises economic risks. The decision reflects caution over prices, growth, external accounts and fiscal stability.
A Senate finance panel has approved a proposal to apply a five percent withholding tax on social media income, with an exemption for annual earnings up to Rs600,000. The move could reshape Pakistan’s creator economy by bringing digital platform income into the formal tax system.
Anti-corruption authorities have booked two former Karachi Mobility Project officials over an alleged Rs8.5 billion advance payment linked to the Yellow Line BRT. The case raises major questions about contract enforcement, public money and accountability in Karachi’s transport infrastructure projects.
Pakistan has announced that the Muharram crescent was not sighted, making June 17 the first day of Muharram 1448 AH. Youm-e-Ashura will be observed on Friday, June 26, with security and administrative arrangements now expected to move into final stages nationwide.
