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♦ Shaheen Afridi removed as vice-captain as Pakistan announces squad for Bangladesh Tests: Saud Shakeel replaces Shaheen Afridi as new Test vice-captain: Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira earn call-ups in 17-member squad: First Test to start in Rawalpindi on August 21

♦ Pakistan calls for peaceful and swift return to normalcy in Bangladesh: Foreign Office says Islamabad stands in solidarity with people of Bangladesh

♦ White House denies Pakistani national Asif Merchant’s role in attempt on Donald Trump:US Justice Department arrests, charges Merchant with plotting to carry out political assassinations on US soil: Pakistan says they are in contact with American officials and awaiting further details

♦ PM Shehbaz Sharif approves Amna Baloch as new foreign secretary: Pakistan appoints new ambassadors including Mumtaz Zahra Baloch to France and Janbaz Khan to Brunei

♦ PTI’s efficient Omar Ayub makes turnaround at Lahore court

♦ Powerful explosion rocks Sindh High Court building

♦ ECP decides to file review petition against SC decision on reserved seats

♦ Number of cancelled flights grows at Karachi Airport

♦ PIA launches direct flights from Quetta to Jeddah, facilitating Umrah pilgrims: Governor Balochistan commends PIA's flight operation

♦ Date sheet for 2nd matric annual exams in Punjab announced

♦ Police officer martyred in encounter with dacoits in Lahore

♦ Two brothers stabbed, injured over electricity bill in Daska

♦ Lovebirds slaughtered for ‘honour’ in Islamabad

♦ China launches air, sea patrols near flashpoint Scarborough Shoal: Philippines holds joint patrols with US, Canada, Australia

♦ China notches steady export growth in July as imports surge