♦ Secret voting to elect new National Assembly speaker begins: Ayaz Sadiq leads race for NA speaker
♦ MQM-P strikes last-minute agreement with PML-N: Muttahida to sit on treasury benches and vote for Ayaz Sadiq
♦ JUI boycotts election of NA speaker and deputy speaker
♦ ECP releases schedule for presidential election
♦ All eyes on Sarfraz Bugti as Balochistan Assembly elects new CM tomorrow
♦ US pledges support to education sectors reforms in Sindh: US Ambassador Blome calls on Sindh CM: Murad says poverty eradication, improvement in law and order, provision of potable water, best transport facilities top priorities
♦ Islamabad deputy commissioner jailed for contempt of court: IHC awards six-month prison to Irfan Nawaz Memon, four-month jail to SSP operation: Police officers to challenge IHC verdict
♦ Karachi braces for stormy rains: Sindh govt declares rain emergency, shutting down offices early: Rain also predicted in Balochistan cities: Light rain brings chill to Lahore weather
♦ Man shoots dead woman, paramour near Lahore for 'honour'
♦ Israel condemned for unleashing terror at Gaza aid delivery site: 112 Palestinian ♦ killed seeking food: Saudi Arabia calls for ceasefire
♦ 44 dead in Bangladesh restaurant fire
♦ Three shot dead at US dental clinic