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♦ Supreme Court hints at delaying Punjab CM vote recount: PTI challenges LHC’s decision of Punjab CM election vote recount: Party pleads Supreme Court to accept its appeal, remove Hamza from office, give PTI MPAs adequate time to attend PA session
♦ PM Shehbaz, COAS discuss security situation: Premier felicitates Army Chief on receiving Saudi Civil Award

♦ PTI MNA Niazi booked for ‘torturing’ trailer driver

♦ Govt throws yet another petrol bomb at masses: Petrol price goes up by RsRs14.85 per litre; High Speed Diesl by Rs13.23 per litre

♦ Transporters announce to shut 70pc service amid rising POL prices: Say public transport will be fully closed after Eid: If govt can’t reduce diesel prices, it should abolish taxes
♦ Electricity shortfall in country tops 7,000MW

♦ PM Shehbaz says controlling loadshedding is govt’s duty: Previous govt did no repair any power plants: Vows to personally promote newly-established innovation hub

♦ Punjab, AJK, Sindh receive first monsoon showers: Met Office forecasts rain spell to continue until July 5

♦ Court in Kot Addu awards death sentence to an accused for murdering his wife

♦ Latest coronavirus wave continues to build up in Pakistan with more cases: NIH data shows positivity ratio climbing up to nearly 4%: Number of active cases smashes 6,000 mark: Karachi most affected: WHO warns Europe to see 'high levels' of Covid this summer

♦ Another route of People’s Bus Service inaugurated in Karachi

♦ Six forest officers suspended over negligence in departmental duties

♦ Man trying to smuggle heroin to Bahrain held at Faisalabad airport: ANF, FC recover over 228 kg of narcotics in KP

♦ China opposes India’s plan to hold G-20 meeting in Occupied Kashmir: Pakistan wants China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia to boycott G20 meeting

♦ Landsliding claims 14 lives in Indian state of Manipur