♦ Sugar mafia on rampage; commodity cost skyrocketing; sugar price hits Rs171 per kg
♦US dollar value hits Rs305.54 in interbank; In the open market, the currency reaches R323
♦ Immediate relief on electricity bills is out of question, says PM; Army does not consume even a single unit of free electricity; IMF will implement the agreement; problem is being overplayed; Power crisis is due to line losses, theft, IPPs contracts; Inflation is not so much that there is a wheel jam strike
♦ Demonstrations and shutter-down strike against inflated power tariff; Markets closed in Gujranwala, Kharian, Okara, Sahiwal; Protesters break meters and burn bills; Lawyers too take out a rally in Karachi; Rickshaw drivers too take to streets in Toba Tek Singh
♦ Milk crisis looms over Karachi; Halt to milk supply from Monday threatened
♦ Free treatment facilities on health card further limited; 30% charges on operation; 30% fee for treatment of women's complex diseases; Treatment of heart diseases, maternity has already been stopped
♦ Elected reps of 250 million people made legislation, says top court judge, How can judges call a parliamentary law malicious? Justice Mansoor Ali Shah's Remarks in NAB Amendment Case
♦ Election Commission is bound to conduct elections in 90 days, says CJP; the court will intervene over violation of the constitution, Constitution is no one's domain, Justice Muneeb Akhtar; No one can deviate or transgress the constitution
♦ Petition against NAB arrest of Parvez Elahi; NAB's vows to present the former chief minister before court tomorrow
Medical examination of Parvez Elahi declared fit
♦ Sutlej river flood hit Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Pakpattan, and Arifwala hard; Hundreds of settlements were submerged, land links cut off; Severe shortage of food for for flood victims
♦ Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi promises across-the-board development; Akbar Chowk Flyover includes complete rehabilitation of College Road; 5.7 km road will be constructed with funds of Rs630 million.
♦ Donald Trump's threat of political revenge; Make me president again, I will be more dangerous than before, says Trump
♦ Fire erupts at South Africa building; 63 people die
♦ Asia Cup; Green Shirts in Sri Lanka for the match against India;
♦ Lady Diana remembered on birthday
♦ A rags to riches story; teaser of 'Ferrari' out