♦ Nation celebrates 79th Independence Day with pride and renewed spirit: PM Shehbaz hoists national flag at Pakistan Monument in Islamabad: Change of Guard Ceremony held at Mazar e Quaid
♦ Armed Forces vow to strive for peace, progress, unity
♦ No compromise on country’s freedom, sovereignty, declares Field Marshal: COAS Asim Munir says Army is ready to counter conventional, non-conventional and hybrid threats
♦ Nation celebrates Independence Day with renewed pride, hope: President
♦ Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi felicitates nation on Independence Day
♦ US explores cooperation with Pakistan in critical minerals, hydrocarbons: Marco ♦ Rubio congratulates Pakistan on Independence Day: Lauds engagement with Islamabad on counterterrorism and trade
♦ Bitcoin hits record high above $124,000
♦ Private schools association to challenge Punjab’s extended summer break in LHC
♦ Different parts of Punjab, Islamabad receive rain
♦ River Indus in low flood, says PDMA report
♦ Rashid Khan sets unwanted record with most expensive spell in The Hundred
♦ Three dacoits killed in encounter with CCD in Faisalabad
♦ Israel army says intercepted missile fired from Yemen
♦ Trump orders space regulations eased in win for Musk
♦ Trump warns of make-or-break chance with Putin as pressure mounts
♦ Foreign NGOs say new Israeli rules keep them from delivering Gaza aid
♦ South Sudan hosts Israeli deputy FM but denies Gaza relocation reports
♦ Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes Europe