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August 6, 2023 10:12 PM

♦ 34 killed, over 80 wounded as Hazara Express derails near Nawabshah: 40 injured passengers’ condition is critical: Pak Army, Rangers personnel begin rescue activities: Minister for railways orders probe

♦ Unlucky train's driver shows fear of sabotage in accident; Zardari expresses regret over train accident

♦ Trains' schedule on Lahore-Karachi route changed after accident

♦ Nawaz Sharif to be next PM of Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif: PM says serving ailing humanity is a collective responsibility of all: Launches national Hepatitis C elimination program and performs a groundbreaking of PKLI University: He lauds LDA for landscaping work at PKLI's entrance

♦ Afghan supreme leader warns fighters against attacks abroad: defence minister

♦ SCP rejects second revision petition against Chaklala Cantonment Board: Says a big difference between the constitutions of India and Pakistan

♦ Imran Khan reserves right to appeal, says law minister

♦ No sign of mass Pakistan protests after Imran Khan's jailing

♦ US State Department says Imran Khan’s arrest Pakistan’s internal matter: Says we call for respect of democratic principles and rule of law in Pakistan

♦ Additional sessions judge who sentenced PTI Chairman Imran Khan to five years in jail leaves for England to attend judicial conference

♦ Lahore police lodge FIR against PTI workers for obstructing Imran Khan’s arrest: Former PTI MNA’s uncle arrested during protest in Swat

♦ Hazara police arrests various local PTI leaders

♦ PTI leaders from Kasur district joins IPP: Nakai family, political bigwigs of kasur quit PTI

♦ District admin Rawalpindi extends section 144 till August 12

♦ Police deployed at Zaman Park to quell protests by PTI workers: There are orders to arrest protesting PTI workers on sight

♦ Imran Khan spends first night after arrest in Attock Jail: He has been kept in high-security zone lock-up due to security concerns: A team of PIMS doctors conducted his medical examination

♦ Marriyum Aurangzeb says Imran Khan’s arrest not ‘political victimization’: Says everybody has right to defend himself or herself in courts

♦ Section 144 imposed in Jhelum until August 12

♦ECP informs govt about establishment of state-of-the-art monitoring system for elections

♦ Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says there is little room for error in digital census: Says govt trying to reduce Railways’ deficit: Announces PIA flight operation to UK will be restored in October

♦ Parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab again shaken by quake: Tremors hit Bajaur, Upper and Lower Dir, Chitral, Kurram, Malakand, Khyber, Landi Kotal, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lahore, Kharian, Faisalabad and Hafizabad

♦ 23 injured, buildings collapse as 5.4 quake hits east China

♦ CM Naqvi decides establishing Pak-Uzbek committee to improve textile industry

♦ Civil judge’s wife denies 14-year-old Rizwana was her maid

♦ Dr Firdous Awan denies mistreating domestic staff

♦ Seven girls drown in Turbat; Claims she has "neither tortured nor mistreated anyone

♦ Girl, aged 2, injured critically as abandoned bomb goes off in Neelum Valley

♦ Bandits abduct three persons including cop at gunpoint in Kashmore

♦ Two women put to death for ‘honour’ in Ghotki and Shikarpur

♦ Two labourers die while cleaning well in Jhelum

♦ Indian boy, Pakistani girl married online after failure to get visa

♦ Policeman recovered from robber’s custody during Tangwani operation

♦ 24 dead in Morocco road accident: officials