<p>PPP’s Amjad Hussain on Monday was sworn in as the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan in a ceremony attended by his party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.</p> <p>Advocate Hussain was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2009973">elected</a> for the role on June 22 following the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2005670">June 7 elections</a>, in which the PPP emerged as the largest party, with 12 seats in the 24-member GB assembly.</p> <p>Addressing the ceremony in Gilgit after taking the oath

President Asif Ali Zardari will head to Kyrgyzstan on Monday for a four-day official visit, according to the Foreign Office (FO). Accompanied by a high-level delegation, President Zardari will undertake the visit at the invitation of the Kyrgyz...

<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Istanbul on Friday for an official visit to Turkiye at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said a statement by the government.</p> <p>The premier, earlier today <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012668/pm-shehbaz-cdf-munir-pay-respects-to-irans-assassinated-supreme-leader-khamenei">attended</a> the funeral Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1976870"><u>assassinated</u></a> in a US-I

<p>ISLAMABAD: A quadcopter flown from an unidentified location crash-landed on the rooftop of a house in the capital’s rural area.</p> <p>Police said that a resident of the house, located in Model Town Humak, informed them about the quadcopter’s crash landing.</p> <p>After receiving the information, police reached the house and cordoned off the area, and confiscated the quadcopter.</p> <p>A police official said that efforts were under way to identify and trace the location from where the qua

<p>India approved on Friday the purchase of a range of <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1917556">military equipment</a> for its defence forces worth $5.46 billion, including missiles, electronic warfare systems and Kamikaze drones.</p> <p>The acquisition was approved “in-principle” by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) comprising top military officers and headed by the defence minister, according to a government statement.</p> <p>The statement said the estimated cost of the deal would b

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has notified an around 15pc increase in the price of Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) for sales at the distribution stage by the two Sui gas companies for the current month, mainly...

<p>LAHORE: At least two people were killed and nine others injured in rain-related incidents across Punjab during the past 24 hours, Rescue 1122 said on Thursday.</p> <p>In a statement, Punjab Rescue 1122 spokesperson Farooq Ahmad said the casualties resulted from the collapse of walls, roofs and a billboard triggered by strong winds and heavy rain.</p> <p>In Attock, two people were killed and three others injured when a wall collapsed near Naya Pump. In a separate incident in Para Shaheen Bagh,

<figure class='media w-1/2 sm:w-3/5 media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/02033346908a0b3.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/02033346908a0b3.webp' alt=' WORKERS pull out a power pylon that fell into the river in Ghanche district.&mdash;Photo by the writer ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>WORKERS pull out a power pylon that fell into

<figure class='media w-full sm:w-4/5 media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/02033304caeb5ff.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/02033304caeb5ff.webp' alt=' THE reconstruction work, carried out over old walls, is easily discernible at the Mohra Moradu site.&mdash;Dawn ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>THE reconstruction work, carried out o

<figure class='media w-full sm:w-full media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/020337438dd8583.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/020337438dd8583.webp' alt=' PM Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting to review preparations ahead of the monsoon season.&mdash;APP ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>PM Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting to review preparati