Pakistan
Pakistan, Iran agree to increase bilateral trade volume to $ 5 bln in next five years
Pakistan and Iran have agreed to increase bilateral trade volume to five billion dollars in next five years.

The understanding came at the 9th Pak-Iran Joint Trade Committee meeting, chaired by Adviser on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood and Iran's Trade Minister Syed Reza Fatimi Amin, in Tehran.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed matters relating to bilateral trade and investment and resolved to translate the decisions of the 9th Joint Trade Committee into positive and tangible outcomes.
Abdul Razak Dawood on the occasion stressed the need to make the trade and investment relations more broad-based.
Regional
Polling underway for Swat PK-7 byelection
Four major candidates compete for the KP assembly seat
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Swat: The polling process is underway for the byelection in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa constituency of PK-7 in Swat.
The seat, which fell vacant after the demise of ANP MPA Waqar Khan, is being contested by four major candidates: Hussain Ahmed from ANP, Fazal Mullah from PTI, and two independent candidates.
A total of 183,308 registered voters in the constituency are expected to exercise their electoral rights, including 102,088 male and 91,220 female voters.
The ECP completed its arrangements Saturday evening, setting up 124 polling stations with 308 booths.
The polling started without any delays Sunday morning and will continue until 5 pm.
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia confers Order of King Abdulaziz on Pakistan’s Army Chief
Saudi Crown Prince gives "King Abdulaziz Medal" to General Bajwa

Riyadh: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defence, decorated Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, with King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellent Class, in implementation of the order of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz.
This comes in recognition of General Bajwa’s distinguished efforts in consolidating and strengthening bonds of friendship and joint cooperation and developing Saudi-Pakistani relations, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
General Bajwa was in the Saudi Kingdom on Saturday for a visit.
The Crown Prince met General Bajwa in Jeddah on Saturday, where they reviewed bilateral relations, especially in the military fields, and opportunities for developing them. They also discussed a number of issues of common interest.
The occasion was attended by Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Defence; Chief of General Staff Lieutenant-General Fayyad Al-Ruwaili and a number of senior officials from the two sides.
Saudi Arabian in Pakistan also broke the news through its Twitter handle on Sunday morning.
#خادم_حرمین_شریفین کے احکامات کو بجا لاتے ہوئے جناب ولی_عہد نے پاکستانی آرمی چیف کو دوستی کے رشتے،باہمی مشترکہ تعاون اور پاک سعودی تعلقات کو مزید مضبوط ومستحکم کرنے میں ان کی شاندار کاوشوں کو سراہتے ہوئے’’کنگ عبدالعزیز میڈل آف ایکسی لینس ایوارڈ‘‘سے نوازا https://t.co/0hIheoMi7O
— السفارة في باكستان - سعودی سفارت خانہ (@KSAembassyPK) June 26, 2022
Another Saudi Embassy tweet said “Order of Shah Abdul Aziz for General Bajwa, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army: "The award is a recognition of General Bajwa's significant efforts in strengthening and developing Saudi-Pakistani relations."
Pakistan
Polling for first phase of LG polls in 14 districts of Sindh underway
The polling begins at 8:00 am and will continue till 5:00 p.m. without any break.

Hyderabad: Polling for the first phase of Local Government elections in fourteen districts of Sindh is underway.
According to details, the local government elections are being held in Umarkot, Tharparkar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar, Naushehro Feroze, Larkana, Kanbar- ShahdadKot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kahmor, Sukkur, Ghoki and, Khairpur.
The polling will continue till five in the evening without any break.
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