♦ PM accepts Gen Faiz Hameed’s request for early retirement
♦ LHC orders closure of educational institutions in smog-hit Lahore: Court also orders demolition of brick-kilns, confiscation and auction of vehicles polluting environment
♦ Supreme Court reinstates CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar: SC order automatically revive JIT probing assassination attempt on Imran Khan
♦ Asad Majeed appointed Pakistan's new foreign secretary
♦ Balochistan police arrest Azam Swati, take him to Quetta
♦ Zardari announces to table no-trust moves in Punjab and KP assemblies
♦ Sherry Rehman named among 25 most influential women of world
♦ Legendary film, TV actor Afzaal Ahmad passes away
♦ Veteran journalist Imran Aslam passes away at age 70: Namaz-e-Janaza will be offered on Saturday at Marine Apartments in Karachi
♦ England all out for mammoth 657 against Pakistani in Pindi Test
♦ Germany crash out of World Cup despite 4-2 defeat of Costa Rica