♦ Ayaz Sadiq elected speaker of National Assembly with 199 votes: Voting to elect NA deputy speaker is under way

♦ Ali Amin Gandapur elected KP chief minister: Says his govt will focus on improving security, generating revenue: Sets one-week deadline to quash cases against PTI workers

♦ ECP releases schedule for presidential election

♦ PTI’s Shahid Khattak enters National Assembly armed with ‘lotas’

♦ Saudi Arabia extends royal invitation to brave ASP Shehrbano

♦ CM Maryam slaps total ban on postings and transfers: Also reviews recommendations for creation of authentic database authority: Punjab govt launches crackdown against profiteers, hoarders, encroachments

♦ ECP releases schedule for presidential election

♦ ECP unveils schedule for holding elections on six vacant Senate seats

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

♦ JUI boycotts election of NA speaker and deputy speaker

♦ 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

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

♦ Islamabad deputy commissioner jailed for contempt of court

♦ Ogra announces slight cup in LPG prices

♦ Karachi braces for stormy rains

♦ 44 dead in Bangladesh restaurant fire

♦ Three shot dead at US dental clinic

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