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♦ Bilawal Bhutto brands Imran Khan ‘a political terrorist’: Asks PTI to not make matters worse and call for end to violent protests, and abide by law: Says PPP against banning any political party: PTI would have called for peaceful protests if it wanted to remain a political party: Believes politics suffers if politicians arrested: Calls for disbanding NAB: Says PPP does not celebrate any politician’s arrest
♦ Supreme Court takes up plea seeking Imran Khan’s release
Uneasy calm prevails as Army troops move in: Top PTI leaders arrested as large-scale crackdown goes on: Islamabad police say arrests as per law: PTI leaders booked under terrorism and scores of other charges: Seven dead, 106 injured in KP alone: DSP, SHO, cops injured in latest Peshawar attack
♦ UN, Russia urge calm in Pakistan after Imran Khan’s arrest
♦ Quaid-e-Azam’s piano, table, sword at Jinnah House torched by PTI activists
♦ Punjab CM Naqvi boosts morale of policemen on duty in Lahore
♦ Dollar reaches ‘sky high’ against Pakistani rupee in interbank: Greenback surpasses psychological barrier of Rs300 in open market
♦ Court rejects Pervaiz Elahi’s plea for exemption from appearance
♦ Transport remains close in the third day in Islamabad due to law and order maintenance
♦ ICC World Cup schedule announced, Indian Vs Pakistan match on 15 October
♦ China’s mysterious spacecraft returned to earth after 276 days