♦ Pakistan gives shut-up call to Israel over rights issue: Dastgir calls out Jewish state for abuses against Palestinians: Says we should reflect who really got benefitted from May 9 violence

♦ IMF confirms Pakistan on agenda of today’s executive board meeting: Meeting will approve release of $1.1 billion tranche for Pakistan under nine-month stand-by agreement

♦ Our govt will complete its tenure on August 14: PM Shehbaz: Says ECP will announce date for next general election

♦ Nawaz Sharif says country’s economy on path to recovery: Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari meeting details surface: ‘There was no deal or political decision during Dubai talks’

♦ Five soldiers martyred as terrorists storm Zhob Cantonment: Three terrorists also killed: Four more troops injured: Five injured civilians including woman and girl referred to Quetta

♦ 10 of a family burnt alive as their house catches fire in Lahore: Deceased include six children, two women, one man: Punjab CM Naqvi expresses deep grief, seeks report of tragic incident

♦ UN rights council adopts Pakistan resolution on religious hatred despite US-EU opposition: 28 countries vote in favour of motion, 12 against and seven abstained: Bilawal says free speech is as indispensable as hate speech should be indefensible

♦ Govt to make EXIM Bank Board functional

♦ Birds’ presence prompts partial closure of Lahore Airport

♦ Water from River Sutlej sweeps crops in Arifwala:

♦ Rain predicted in different cities including Lahore, Islamabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Kasur, Okara, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Mandi Bahauddin and Murree

♦ Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon criticizes PTI says, India and Israel gave money to PTI for chaos in Pakistan

♦ LHC dismisses pleas against detention of Khadija Shah, others involved in May 9 incidents

♦ LHC rejects pleas against subsidy withdrawal on electricity bills

♦ Dubai-returned man killed in firing by Karachi police

♦ Babar Azam two steps away from topping ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings

♦ The trailer of ‘Blue Bettle’ releases, film to hit theatres on August 18