♦ Pakistan, China reaffirm strategic partnership in apex meeting: COAS General Bajwa leads Pakistan tri services delegation’s visit to Beijing: Both sides agree to continue regular dialogue
♦ Army soldier martyred in North Waziristan gunbattle
♦ Three youth martyred by Indian forces in Occupied Kashmir
♦ Pakistan slams brutal treatment of Muslims protesting in India
♦ Expected rain may prick hot conditions: PM orders authorities to remain alert to deal with monsoon
♦ Raging Margazar wildfire threatening populated area in Swat
♦ Fire erupts in old vehicles depot in Karachi
♦ Punjab budget will be presented tomorrow: No new tax proposed in the federal-style budget: 15% raise in salaries, 5% in pensions proposed: Special package to check inflation will be introduced
♦ Mian Mujtaba Shuja will be Punjab finance minister: Oath-taking to be held soon
♦ PTI economists say petrol, diesel prices go up to Rs300 in July: IMF will not give next instalment to government: PTI leaders’ press conference
♦ Marriyum Aurangzeb says PTI leadership will admit more blunders: They had finalized a tough deal with the IMF
♦ Weekly inflation rises to 24 percent
♦ Third ODI between Pakistan, West Indies today at Multan Stadium: Pakistan look to seal series; this would be their fifth in six series since 2019 World Cup
♦ Army rewards Quetta driver who drove ‘death’ away from population
♦ COAS Bajwa to bear cost of teen girl Alishba’s treatment
♦ Pakistan logs another 67 coronavirus cases, no death: NIH data shows positivity ratio stands at 0.49%: US to drop Covid tests for incoming air travel: Beijing delays school reopenings after new Covid outbreak
♦ US judge dismisses rape suit against football star Ronaldo
♦ Thousands of protesters demand action on US gun violence