♦ Pakistani rupee’s comeback sprint against US dollar picks up pace: Local currency appreciated again by nearly four rupees in interbank trading
♦ Court sends Shahbaz Gill to jail on judicial remand, rejects bail plea: Judge refuses to extend PTI leader's physical remand as sought by police: Orders authorities to produce him again on Aug 26: Gill claims he was tortured during detention, not allowed to sleep: Says police produced fake medical report: Driver’s wife granted bail
♦ Imran Khan condemns torture on Gill, says climate of fear being spread
♦ PML-N files plea against PTI rally in Lahore Hockey Stadium on Aug 13
♦ Govt receives letter from IMF: Fund Board will give final approval to revival of loan programme for Pakistan
♦ Petrol, diesel prices likely to be decreased by Rs15 per litre
♦ GB-KP road link washed away by flood in Kohistan: Two girls die in Khyber roof collapse
♦ Over 100 villages flooded as Nullah Dek burst its banks
♦ Weather to remain cloudy with gusty winds, thunderstorms at some places
♦ Coronavirus cases, deaths surge in Pakistan: NIH data shows 11 fatalities, infections soar to over 600, infectivity rate to 3.83%: India reports 16,561 fresh Covid cases with Delhi returning to mask mandate
♦ Eight die after consuming toxic liquor in Alipur
♦ Hafizabad father accuses employers of raping, killing his teenage girl
♦ Man shoots wife, mother-in-law dead in Attock
♦ UN warns of 'grave' crisis amid violence near Ukraine nuclear plant
♦ First death anniversary to TV actress Durdana Butt observed