The Punjab government has decided to buy one million metric tonnes of wheat from Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) to keep the prices of wheat and flour stable in the province.

The decision has been accepted by the Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif to maintain the stability of prices in the wheat and flour market and to provide the public with inexpensive flour and bread. Under the scheme, flour mills will be supplied wheat for Rs 3,300 per maund.

The provincial government said that the assertions of limitation on wheat supply from Sindh to other provinces through Punjab were not founded on confirmed facts and no formal complaints had been recorded so far about stopping of wheat supply from Sindh to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Officials said the procedure of declaration of wheat stocks is in progress and compilation of the whole data is underway. They also said that the present wheat crop has relatively lower grain size. They said stock assessment is important for planning food security.

The government said it will also assure supply of wheat to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under its obligation of inter-provincial after addressing the food requirements of Punjab itself.

Gilgit-Baltistan (EGB) Election Commission has ordered re-polling in a women polling station in constituency GBA-15 after voting was declared void due to unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections.

As per an official announcement, many registered voters at the Loshi Thak women’s polling station were unable to cast their ballots due to stone-pelting, gunshots and a deteriorating law-and-order situation that disrupted polling.

Although roughly 200 votes were cast, a considerable number of voters were unable to exercise their right to vote, the commission added. Polling staff were subsequently removed from the station under security protection.

Re-voting will be held at the Loshi Thak women’s polling station on June 15, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. without any interruption.

The Election Commission said all essential steps would be taken to ensure transparent, fair and lawful polling and that the Returning Officer for GBA-15 will personally supervise the proceedings.

Meanwhile, the official results of the Gilgit-Baltistan elections for 22 constituencies have been declared. The Pakistan Peoples Party was the biggest party with 10 seats while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz took four seats. Independent candidates won seven seats and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen won one seat. Results for GBA-13 and GBA-14 in Astore are still withheld.

Three criminals were shot dead and their two accomplices caught in an encounter here on Monday, police said. They had killed four people and injured an MPA in a gun attack a few weeks ago.

Police said the accused had stormed the camp of MPA Ayub Gadhi a few days ago and had critically injured him.

Also, four persons present at the camp were slain in the firing by the accused.

The offender was arrested in an area in the premises of Rajana Police by the Crime Control Department (CCD), Toba Tek Singh, officials added. They began to fire indiscriminately after noticing the police squad.

Police shot dead the three main suspects and opened fire after detaining their two accomplices. From the suspects, weapons were also seized. Teams of the Crime and Corruption Detachment have been organised to arrest other accomplices of the accused.