♦ Federal Budget announcement triggers bull-run at Pakistan Stock Exchange
♦ Journalists boycott finance minister’s post-budget press conference
♦ Punjab CM okays 10% raise in salaries, 7% in pensions
♦ Naqvi orders merit-based nominations for federal training courses: Seeks reform proposals from institutions: Says interior institutions to share resources and exchange timely data
♦ 152 Malir Jail inmates now in police custody after three more rearrested
♦ Mercury shoots to 49°C as blazing sun roasts many cities
♦ First Hajj flight carrying 340 Hajis lands at Islamabad Airport
♦ Babar Azam gets NOC for playing Big Bash
♦ Woman shot dead by her third husband in Lahore
♦ Three killed over women’s dispute in Peshawar
♦ Man, wife shot dead in their sleep in Khairpur
♦ Man, his wife held over murder of maid in Rahim Yar Khan
♦ Motorway cops rescue passengers from burning van
♦ US slams sanctions by UK, allies on far-right Israeli ministers
♦ US suggests Trump may seek role on Kashmir dispute
♦ Night-time curfew in Los Angeles as Trump vows to 'liberate' city
♦ Third devastating blaze in Zhob’s pine nut forests in 20 days