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♦ ECP suspends Punjab govt’s Roshan Gharana Programme till July 17: Terms it an attempt to influence by-elections: CEC says vote on 20 Punjab Assembly seats will be transparent

♦ Five PTI MPAs on reserved seats administered oath

♦ Shots fired outside Imran Khan’s Bani Gala residence: Gandapur among six booked over firing incident: One person injured in firing by PTI’s Tiger Force activists

♦ Imran Khan says PTI will win all seats in by-elections

♦ PM Shehbaz sees drop in petrol price after fall in global market: Performs launching of Blue, Green Line Buses in Islamabad: Says metro service a relief for commuters amid high fuel rates

♦ Dam breaks in Pishin district amid heavy rains

♦ Bodies of six labourers retrieved from Thatta coalmine

♦ Deaths soar as Pakistan reels under new coronavirus wave: NIH data shows infections rocketing to nearly 900, positivity ratio to 3.77%: Daily tests surge to over 23,000: India records 18,930 new Covid cases, 35 deaths: Beijing tightens Covid vaccine requirements: Covid outbreak hits Sri Lanka on eve of Australia Test

♦ Cop martyred in Mardan blast

♦ Million pilgrims overwhelm Mina to perform Hajj rituals

♦ UK PM Johnson fires ally and digs in despite calls to quit

♦ American, British intelligence chiefs declare China a big threat