Pakistan’s federal government raised petrol and high-speed diesel prices by over Rs13 per litre, effective July 11. Petrol now costs Rs310.71 and diesel Rs323.30, with broader inflation impact.
Deputy PM Ishaq Dar chaired a committee finalising reform proposals to modernise Pakistan’s governance—restructuring the federal secretariat, upgrading e-office, transforming MS, and reforming PER—now for PM Shehbaz Sharif’s approval.
Security forces in Balochistan killed 17 more terrorists, raising deaths in Operation Shabaan to 43. The joint Army-FC-Police drive follows attacks on police posts and foiled assaults.
Xi Jinping met DPRK Premier Pak Thae Song in Beijing and urged China and North Korea to strengthen strategic resolve, implement Kim–Xi consensus, and accelerate modernization while consolidating socialist goals.
Mufti Taqi Usmani, via a Darul Ifta fatwa, says cryptocurrency does not qualify as “maal” under Sharia, making purchases of books and online courses impermissible and requiring users to delete course files.
An Additional District and Sessions Court in Karachi awarded death sentences to Atif Zaman on two counts of murder in the 2019 killing of TV anchor Mureed Abbas and Khizer Hayat, after a seven-year trial.
Pakistan’s Cabinet Committee on SOEs rejected SNGPL and SSGC requests for an IFRS accounting exemption, saying it conflicts with the SOE Act. Petroleum, Finance and Law ministries must revise the proposal after consultations.
A local court sentenced Colonel (retd) Khalilur Rehman, a hawala operator and a property dealer to one year each for illegally transferring Bahria Town funds abroad, violating foreign exchange laws.
The Pakistan Navy and PMSA rescued all 20 crew members from a cargo dhow that developed severe flooding east of Ormara in the Arabian Sea, responding to a distress call.
Days after China’s routine submarine strategic missile launch, Mao Ning says US complaints show “double standards.” China insists it notified others and followed international law.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief over deaths and destruction from storms, tornadoes, landslides and heavy rains in China’s Guangxi, Hubei and Gansu provinces.
Xi Jinping urged accelerating high-level science and technology self-reliance to underpin Chinese modernization, calling 2026–2030 a critical phase and highlighting top 2025 sci-tech award winners.
