♦ Secret voting to elect new National Assembly speaker begins: Ayaz Sadiq leads race for NA speaker

♦ MQM-P strikes last-minute agreement with PML-N: Muttahida to sit on treasury benches and vote for Ayaz Sadiq

♦ JUI boycotts election of NA speaker and deputy speaker

♦ ECP releases schedule for presidential election

♦ All eyes on Sarfraz Bugti as Balochistan Assembly elects new CM tomorrow

♦ US pledges support to education sectors reforms in Sindh: US Ambassador Blome calls on Sindh CM: Murad says poverty eradication, improvement in law and order, provision of potable water, best transport facilities top priorities

♦ Islamabad deputy commissioner jailed for contempt of court: IHC awards six-month prison to Irfan Nawaz Memon, four-month jail to SSP operation: Police officers to challenge IHC verdict

♦ Karachi braces for stormy rains: Sindh govt declares rain emergency, shutting down offices early: Rain also predicted in Balochistan cities: Light rain brings chill to Lahore weather

♦ Man shoots dead woman, paramour near Lahore for 'honour'

♦ Israel condemned for unleashing terror at Gaza aid delivery site: 112 Palestinian ♦ killed seeking food: Saudi Arabia calls for ceasefire

♦ 44 dead in Bangladesh restaurant fire

♦ Three shot dead at US dental clinic