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♦ Pakistan to bat first against Netherlands as they open their World Cup campaign ♦ PM Kakar to skip Apex committee meeting to be held in Karachi today: Army Chief, ministers, chief ministers will attend the huddle with focus on elimination of terrorism

♦ Pakistani rupee’s bull-run against US dollar continues in interbank

♦ IHC hints at deciding Imran Khan’s plea against jail trial in cipher case in 2-3 days

♦ CM Mohsin Naqvi visits Shahdara Flyover and Controlled Access Bund Road Project in Lahore

♦ Punjab govt to launch token system in hospitals of Lahore

♦ Man shoots dead murder accused in front of Sargodha judge: Woman shoots lawyer, clerk on court premises in Tandlianwala

♦ Pakistani women can now perform Hajj sans Mehram: Hajj without company of Mehram for Pakistani women on the cards

♦ Tens of millions of children uprooted by climate disasters: UNICEF

♦ Shehroze Kashif scales 8,188-meter high Cho Oyu mountain in Tibet: Becomes youngest climber in world to scale 13 peaks higher than 8,000 meters

♦ Pakistan to clash with Afghanistan in Asian Games semi-final today: India crush Bangladesh to reach Asian Games cricket final