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♦ Pakistan urges UN Security Council to help defuse tensions in South Asia: Says Pakistan is committed to remaining peaceful and open to dialogue: Pakistan fully prepared to defend its sovereignty: Urges UNSC and secretary general to remain actively engaged in peacemaking and preventative diplomacy

♦ Pakistan thwarts Indian terror plot in Balochistan

♦ Govt decides to launch crackdown on smuggled seeds from India

♦ CM Maryam gets briefing on mass transit projects across Punjab

♦ PPP leads MQM-P as voting is under way in Senate by-election

♦ Bilawal rejects Indian terror allegations, terms Pahalgam 'staged attack': Says Pakistan not involved in terrorism; it's a victim: Indus Waters Treaty suspension not against Pakistan but a crime against humanity: PPP Chairman addresses NA: Asks India to abandon terrorism as foreign policy tool

♦ SC judges, Raza Rabbani spar over super tax fund allocation: FBR's lawyer Raza Rabbani apologises to constitutional bench for failing to clarify use of tax: Court grills FBR on super tax distribution of Rs80bn: Judges also raise NFC Award concerns: Rabbani to continue arguments tomorrow

♦ SC lays down criterion for filing review petitions

♦ LHC reserves verdict on plea seeking ban on drinks in schools

♦ COAS arranges treatment of two heart patients sent back by India at AFIC

♦ Mohsin Naqvi meets Qatari PM, takes up bilateral cooperation: Qatar emphasises need for diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions between Islamabad and Delhi

♦ CJP Yahya Afridi calls 2-day National Judicial Committee meeting on May 26-27: Committee to review court system reforms: All CJs of high courts and Shariat Court expected to attend meeting

♦ Pakistan accuses India of altering Chenab River flow

♦ SC admits for hearing review pleas in PTI reserved seats case: Justice Ayesha A. Malik, Justice Aqeel Abbasi differ with majority view

♦ CJP says Chinese technology to be used to resolve pending cases

♦ Pakistan is exposing Indian 'falsehoods', claims Tarar

♦ Ex-servicemen say ever ready to defend country in event of war with India

♦ High-level transfers and postings at Centre

♦ Water inflow in River Chenab at Head Marala shoots up

♦ Sindhi language, Botany papers of grade-12 leaks out in Larkana

♦ Young TikToker brushes death on rail track in Narowal

♦ Israel says 'most' Gazans to be displaced in expanded operation

♦ UN warns of 'unsettling' development slowdown in 2024

♦ Trump orders curb on virus research he blames for Covid pandemic

♦ Trump official says Harvard banned from federal grants

♦ New Zealand PM proposes banning under-16s from social media

♦ Drone attacks halt traffic at airports across Russia

♦ Old enmity claims five lives in Nowshera Virkan

♦ China celebrates Zhao's world snooker breakthrough