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♦ Saudi FM briefs President, PM on investment plan for Pakistan

♦ Faizabad inquiry commission gives clean chit to Faiz Hameed: Commission also absolves then DG Punjab Rangers responsibility: Notes PML-N govt in Punjab did not stop marchers fearing loss of vote bank

♦ Apex Committee meeting of Special Investment Facilitation Council to be held today

♦ Pakistan and IMF take up new multi-billion-dollar loan programme: Finance Minister Aurangzeb says new programme would be for at least three years: IMF spokesman says Fund is ready for talks on successor loan agreement

♦ US declines to comment on Saudi foreign minister’s visit to Pakistan: State Department spokesman says Washington wants rule of law in Pakistan

♦ Aseefa Bhutto given the status of Pakistan’s First Lady

♦ PTI-backed Bilal Ijaz declared winner from NA-81: LHC judge pronounces PML-N MNA Azhar Qayyum’s victory notification as null and void

♦ LHC suspends victory notification of PML-N MPA Rana Arshad

♦ Persistent rains leave 21 people dead, 32 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: PDMA informs 330 homes have been damaged due to rains

♦ Massive fire erupts in Arifwala hospital

♦ KP govt also slashes Roti price by Rs5

♦ Lahore’s Camp Jail to be relocated

♦ Cabbie arrested for harassing American woman in Karachi

♦ Oil tanker owners threaten to halt supply of petroleum products

♦ Modi the favourite as India readies for election marathon

♦ Biden, Iraqi PM agree on talks for US-led coalition withdrawal

♦ Jury selection starts at Trump's landmark criminal trial in New York

♦ Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians in West Bank