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♦ President confers Hilal-i-Jurat award upon Field Marshal Asim Munir: Zardari also gives away awards to CJCSC, air and naval chiefs, federal ministers Mohsin Naqvi, Ishaq Dar, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Attaullah Tarar, Bilawal, Sherry Rehman

♦ Senator Aimal Wali Khan invites PM Shehbaz to APC

♦ PM directs immediate completion of Islamabad’s IT Park in Islamabad

♦ Apex court issues new Supreme Court Rules 2025

♦ TCP issues another tender for import of 2.5 million tonnes of sugar

♦ Four killed due to aerial firing in Karachi, Rawalpindi

♦ 50 washed away as flood smashes mountain village in Occupied Kashmir

♦ 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