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♦ 18 dead as van falls into Qila Saifullah ditch: Nine dead belong to same family: Women, children among victims

♦ Four people shot dead in Kala Shah Kaku near Lahore

♦ PM Shehbaz to chair NEC meeting today which will deliberate on early closure of shops, markets

♦ Power shortfall drops to 5,307 megawatts in country but loadshedding persists

♦ Former PM Abbasi exposes blackmailing of ex-CJP to him: Says there will no subsidy on petrol

♦ Pakistani rupee shows guts, slaughters US dollar in intrabank trading: Greenback being traded at Rs201.20 down by Rs1.63

♦ SHC reserves verdict in Dua Zehra case after refusing to hand over the girl to parents

♦ Security breach reported at AJK PM House

♦ Four lawmakers appointed as special aides to PM

♦ IHC rejects PTI’s Haleem Adil Sheikh’s protective bail plea

♦ Wildfires spread across Pakistani forests: Three provinces deal with increasing incidents: Fresh forest fires reported in Khanpur, AJK’s Chontra: Blaze doused in Lower Dir jungle

♦ Gusty winds to lower intense heatwave today

♦ PIA first Hajj flight from Karachi leaves for Madinah

♦ Supply of cheaper flour to KP people with ‘Shehbaz Speed’ begins: Marriyum Aurangzeb says 100 mobile centres have been set up in province for this purpose

♦ Man kills estranged wife, mother-in-law in Hafizabad

♦ Motorway police foil kidnapping bid of Karachi girl

♦ Pakistan coronavirus infections steady, Indian cases jump by 41%: NIH data shows 64 Covid cases, no death in Pakistan: India reports 5,233 infections with seven fatalities: US experts recommend Novavax Covid-19 vaccine

♦ Pakistan ready to brave West Indies challenge amid scorching Multan heat

♦ TikToker Dolly granted bail by IHC’s Justice Tariq Jahangiri