♦ Heavy rains pummel Punjab, KP cities…..more is coming: Six people die in Lahore, three in KP: Cities give look of deluge: Routine life disturbed, electricity out: Punjab CM says water drainage top mission before next spell hits Lahore: Lahore receives record rain as PM directs Punjab govt to prevent urban flooding: Lahore lashed by 291 mm of rain in 10 hours shattering 30-year-old record: Shehbaz Sharif directs Punjab govt to take urgent steps to tackle situation

♦PM chairs Special Investment Facilitation Council meeting: COAS Gen Asim Munir, ISI DG, federal ministers attend: Participants briefed on security situation

♦ PM Shehbaz vows to pursue CPEC with new vigor and commitment: Says Pakistan is now fully secure and there is no threat of default: Govt will abide by IMF loan agreement

♦ Gilgit Baltistan Supreme Court orders halt to CM election: Police seal assembly building after surrounding it

♦ FIA nabs five Pakistanis who illegally entered and worked in Israel

♦ Armed Forces pay glowing tribute to Capt Karnal Sher Khan shaheed on his 24th Shahadat Anniversary

♦ No-trust motion submitted against GB Assembly speaker: PTI nominates Raja Azam Khan for Leader of House: Amjad Advocate and Muhammad Anwar submit nomination papers from Opposition's side

♦ Bilawal Bhutto reaches USA on a week-long private visit

♦ US envoy Blome congratulates Ishaq Dar on new IMF loan deal

♦ US dollar hits back at Pakistani rupee: up by Rs2.06 in interbank market

♦ Hearing of Imran Khan’s plea against IHC CJ adjourned

♦ NAB issued notice on acquittal pleas of PM Shehbaz, others in money laundering case

♦ SC issues detailed order on hearing of petitions against civilians’ trial in military courts: Notes of Justice Faez Isa, Justice Sardar Tariq and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah part of detailed order

♦ Nepra approves raising power tariff by Rs1.90 for power distribution companies