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Soil samples were collected from different localities of districts Jhelum, Chakwal, Rawalpindi and Attock, Punjab Province, Pakistan with an aim to measure naturally occurring radionuclides, namely ²²⁶ Ra, ²³² Th, ⁴⁰ K and fallout ¹³⁷ Cs radionuclide using a P-type coaxial high purity germanium (HPGe) γ-ray spectrometer. Measured specific activities of ²²⁶ Ra, ²³² Th and ⁴⁰ K in these soil samples ranged from 26.02 ± 7.11 to 93.54 ± 8.13 Bq kg ⁻¹ , 29.34 ± 2.58 to 114.41 ± 2.80 Bq kg ⁻¹ and 348.15 ± 3.20 to 752.98 ± 4.20 Bq kg ⁻¹ , respectively. Activity due to ¹³⁷ Cs was observed in some locations which ranged from 0.4 ± 0.2 to 7.8 ± 0.3 Bq kg ⁻¹ . From the measured activity concentrations, radium equivalent activity concentrations …