♦ Petrol price likely to go up by Rs10 per litre and diesel Rs22 per litre; Ogra puts the ball in caretaker PM’s court; will the caretaker government add more fuel to the fire? The Announcement will be made in consultation with the prime minister
♦ No letup in inflation; LPG price goes up to Rs 220 per kg; Domestic cylinder costs Rs2,615; essential items unavailable at at utility stores
♦ Dollar value up; price hits Rs302 in open market
♦ Nawaz Sharif will reach Pakistan in the third week of September; Shehbaz Sharif and senior leadership will go to London in a few days; Nawaz Sharif's return will be discussed
♦ A strange decision of the Election Commission; media banned from conducting election polls survey; Prohibition on publication of opinions on digital media accounts as well; Survey will not be conducted in any polling station or constituency; Both exit polls and entry polls will be advertised
♦ Justice (r) Maqbool Baqir became caretaker chief minister of Sindh; Conducting elections is the responsibility of the Election Commission, says Maqbool Baqir; Announcement of giving facilities to the commission for transparent elections;
♦ Who will be the caretaker chief minister of Balochistan? There was no agreement; The last day for the Chief Minister and the opposition leader; Meeting in Islamabad on August 14 was inconclusive;
♦ PTI founder's difficulties increase; court rejects the bail in 3 cases;
♦ PTI suffers a major shock, Samsam Bukhari parts way; will join the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party; politics of violence unacceptable
♦ Case of corruption in Gujarat development projects; Parvez Elahi handed over to NAB on 6-day physical remand
♦ Khawaja Ahmad Hasan meets Shahbaz Sharif; Talks about the political situation and organizational issues of the party; Rana Mashhood Ahmed also meet Shehbaz; Youth wing meets with Maryam Nawaz in the chair; Interview of candidates from Bannu, Hazara, Peshawar, and Mardan; he Youth Committees will work under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Committee
♦ Punjab CM Mohsin Naqvi orders swoop on drug trafficking; Visits Raiwand; Takes a tour of drug rehab centre; Pays a visit to LDA office too; Orders delivering documents to senior citizens at their doorsteps
♦ India's Independence Day is a black day for Kashmiris; Shutter-down strike in Valley;
Black flags hoisted in Srinagar and other parts; a Curfew imposed
♦ Punjab government is active in the beauty of Lahore; Mohsin Naqvi approves the summary of the restoration of four gates of the city; Summary approved for Shiranwala, Kashmiri, Lohari and Roshnai Gate
♦ After 8 years, the Saudi Supreme Court announces the decision of the Haram Crane case; Bin Laden group fined 2 crore riyals; 8 engineers were sentenced to three years imprisonment and fine
♦ Singer Asad Abbas passes away; Deceased was suffering from kidney disease
♦ 4-Day Paragliding Festival at Orakzai; 60 paragliders participating in two different categories
♦ Captain Babar Azams ready to become a groom; He will soon get married to his aunt's daughter