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♦ 500% more rains triggered deadly floods, says govt: Ahsan Iqbal, NDMA chairman, ISPR DG attend first meeting of National Flood Response Coordination Centre

♦ Gushing floodwater deluge Khairpur Nathan Shah and many areas of Qambar: People stuck in water in many villages: Situation worsens as many dykes breached: Khanpur Dam spillways opened to avert destruction: Floods battering Sindh, Balochistan and KP: Khanpur-Taxila route temporarily closed for motorists

♦ NDMA says floods claimed another 57 lives during last 24 hours

♦ Doctor held for refusing to hand over child’s body for Rs1,000 in Dadu

♦ Flood-hit woman names her newborn after Bilawal
 

♦ PM prods Discos to restore power supply on war-footing in flood-hit areas: Companies restore supply from 46 out of 81 grid stations
 

♦ Plane carrying relief goods from France lands in Pakistan
 

♦ Nadra relaxes CNIC expiry date for flood affectees
 

♦ Despite floods, Imran Khan to address PTI rally in Bahawalpur today

♦ After ousting Imran, country’s reconstruction biggest challenge before govt: Fazl: Says IMF tranche not enough to solve Pakistan’s economic problems: Calls for setting aside political differences and working for rehabilitation of flood affectees
 

♦ Three children drown after thrown by rivals into Dadu canal
 

♦ Pakistan logs another 251 coronavirus cases, two deaths: NIH data shows number of critical cases falls to 110, positivity ratio to 1.46%: Warning of fall virus wave, Biden seeks $22.4b more for Covid
 

♦ 'Brave and calm' for India showdown, says Rizwan
 

♦ 58th birthday of late singer and preacher Junaid Jamshed celebrated