♦ Economic morass halted, 3.5% growth target ‘not unrealistic’: Ishaq Dar: Finance minister addresses post-budget presser: Vows to pacify concerns of all stakeholders on federal budget: Predicts inflation to stay at 21% next year

♦ Federal budget to fix long-term economic ailments: PM Shehbaz: Says economic development linked to political stability: Economy direly needs reforms and charter of economy only way forward

♦ Half of Pakistan’s Rs14.5 trillion budget to service crippling Rs7.3 trillion debt

♦ Govt announces increase in agricultural loans to develop agricultural sector

♦ Govt approves Dollar Amnesty scheme

♦ Minister Muraad Ali Shah to present Sindh Budget today

♦ FPCCI expresses satisfaction regarding new budget: Karachi traders admire new budget

♦ Another PTI worker admits his involvement in Jinnah House attack

♦ Students of Punjab university visit Jinnah House building

♦ 9 terrorists arrested in intelligence-based operations in Punjab

♦ Bilawal Bhutto reaches Lahore

♦ Sharjeel Memon seeks briefing regarding purchasing of electric buses in Sindh

♦ Pakistan Navy ship ‘Tipu Sultan’ visits Indonesian port of Makassar

♦ Cyclone Biparjoy threatens Sindh’s coastal areas: Karachi commissioner imposes Section 144 in city's coastal areas: Alert sounded in Thatta

♦ UK's Boris Johnson quits as MP, claiming a witch-hunt

♦ German rider ‘Georg Zimmermann’ wins six round of cycle race in France