♦ US seeks to stop Pak-India tensions spiral into wider conflict: VP Vance says he is worried about any time a hot spot is breaking out: State Department asks Islamabad and Delhi to work for long-term peace
♦ UN Security Council ‘monitoring closely’ Pakistan-India tensions: Council president says UNSC may meet soon: Hopes for de-escalation
♦ Uneasy calm at borders lift share prices at Pakistan Stock Exchange
♦ Punjab CM Maryam reviews progress on Lahore Development Plan
♦ SC grants bail to PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry in May 9 case
♦ Islamabad slams India for revoking visas of Pakistani patients
♦ Lahore storm, lightning kills 2, injures 24 as 9 buildings damaged; alert issued: Punjab braces for three more days of thunderstorms and landslides: PDMA advises citizens to stay indoors and avoid open spaces: Lahore, Rawalpindi, Maree, Galiyat, DG Khan, Multan, Faisalabad, Sahiwal will face rains until May 4
♦ Karachi Board’s ninth-grade math paper leaked ahead of time
♦ Four dead as bus overturns in Karachi
♦ Woman clubs husband to death in Arifwala
♦ Attempt to smuggle donkey skins worth Rs80m foiled in Karachi
♦ Shell net profit sinks 35% in first-quarter as oil prices fall
♦ Azad Kashmir govt orders stockpiling of food as India tensions flare
♦ Mumbai eliminate Rajasthan from IPL playoff race with bruising win
♦ Traders count costs as India and Bangladesh impose trade restrictions
♦ Israel strikes near Damascus presidential palace over Druze violence
♦ 'Alarming deterioration' of US press freedom under Trump, says RSF
♦ China says open to US trade talks offer but wants tariffs scrapped
♦ Asian stocks gain after China teases US tariff talks
♦ Trump signs executive order to cut NPR, PBS public funding