Pakistan’s federal budget for 2026-27 will be presented in the National Assembly on June 12. The delay followed NEC consultations over provincial shares and Rs1tr+ fiscal space.
A senior CPC official said China and DPRK reached new important consensus during Xi Jinping’s visit, agreeing on closer strategic communication, expanded cooperation and stronger support for regional peace.
Ahsan Iqbal said Xi Jinping’s Global Governance Initiative offers a rules-based roadmap for peace, stability and sustainable development, highlighting sovereign equality, multilateralism and CPEC cooperation.
An intelligence-based operation in Basima district, Balochistan, killed 14 terrorists after security forces engaged militants linked to “Fitna al Hindustan.” Lance Havildar Muhammad Abbas embraced martyrdom, and sanitisation operations continue to clear the area.
Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un agree to carry forward China-DPRK friendship from generation to generation, pledging to protect memorial sites for Chinese People’s Volunteers and promote revolutionary traditions and youth education.
Bahrain National Guard commander H.H. General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa met Pakistan’s top military leaders at GHQ, Navy and Air HQ to discuss regional security and deepen defence cooperation.
A Pakistan-Russia webinar says relations are entering a new phase, with expanding cooperation in energy, trade, connectivity, security and people-to-people exchanges amid an emerging multipolar world order.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urges all sides to exercise maximum restraint amid renewed violence in the Middle East, saying diplomacy offers the best path to peace. Pakistan backs de-escalation and peaceful negotiations.
Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang for a DPRK state visit, greeted by Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol Ju. A grand ceremony, salute, anthem exchange, and march-past marked the welcome as both leaders plan talks on bilateral ties.
Xi Jinping met Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang and urged China and the DPRK to consolidate political trust and enhance practical cooperation, outlining four proposals to advance ties.
Eleven Pakistani businesses have been selected for the 2026 Climate Finance Accelerator cohort, a UK-funded programme offering up to five months of support to improve investment readiness and pitch climate projects in October 2026.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office dismissed “unwarranted and ill-informed” comments by some British MPs and UK diaspora figures about Azad Jammu and Kashmir, urging non-interference while stressing constitutional rights and rejecting violence.
