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♦ PTI agrees to change its rally venue after Usman Dar, workers were arrested by police: PTI leader Dar says admin withdrew permission just day before the event: Imran Khan calls meeting to discuss Sialkot situation

♦ Can’t allow PTI to use Christians’ turf in Sialkot to hold its rally: Hamza: Atta Tarar says PTI wants to ignite Christian-Muslim clashes in garb of public meeting: Maryam Nawaz says it’s govt responsibility to guard minorities’ rights

‘Bloody March’ cannot be a democratic practice, warns govt: Marriyum Aurangzeb says govt will save nation from PTI’s planned chaotic show in Islamabad

♦ Swathes of Pakistan smothering by intense heatwave: 50-degree mercury to bake many Sindh cities: Met Office says intense heat to scorch country until May 17

♦ Rangers deployed to stem water pilferage from Sindh canals: Breach in Hub Dam Canal occurred, water supply to Karachi suspended

♦ Court again defers indictment of PM Shehbaz, CM Hamza in money laundering case

♦ Enemies of Pak-China friendship will never be spared, vows Bilawal: Says suicide attack at KU was carried out using Baloch rights as ‘excuse’

♦ Petrol price likely to increase by Rs21 from May 16

♦ Outcry after Israeli forces attack funeral of Aljazeera journalist

♦ Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed elected as UAE president: Sheikh Mohamed is the third president of the UAE

♦ Coronavirus cases in Pakistan going up gain slowly but surely: NIH data shows no death but positivity ratio climbs up to 0.53%: North Korea reports 21 new deaths as it battles Covid outbreak

♦ Case on terror charges lodged against PTI leader Haleem Adil Sheikh

♦ New Zealand PM Ardern tests positive for Covid-19

♦ Six labourers die in trucks-tanker crash in Khuzdar

♦ Turkey opposes NATO membership for Finland, Sweden

♦ Three die in roof collapse in Nowshera

♦ Elon Musk puts on hold Twiitter deal