♦ PM Kakar chairs Special Investment Facilitation Council meeting: Also holds one-on-one talks with COAS General Asim
♦ I have understanding of Pakistan’s financial issues, claims Nawaz Sharif
♦ Israel forces destroy parts of Gaza hospital, press on with raid: Jewish soldiers destroy parts of medical facility with bulldozers: Open fire inside wards: Hamas denies any presence in the hospital: UN warns hospitals are not battlegrounds
♦ UN Security Council calls for 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza
♦ IMF and Pakistan reach agreement; Islamabad to get $700m
♦ KP Public Service Commission cancels test after reports of cheating
♦ Four wanted terrorists slain, soldier martyred in Peshawar gunfight
♦ Two more Lahore’s projects near completion courtesy Mohsin ‘Speed’
♦ Anti-smog battle begins, Saturday to be holiday in Lahore
♦ Next year’s Hajj to cost 1.075 million rupees
♦ Man axes stepfather to death in Shakargarh
♦ Farmers in Narowal burn crops’ residues with impunity
♦ Buoyed Pakistani rupee turns the tables on US dollar
♦ ECC approves Rs423.726m technical supplementary grant for Petroleum Division
♦ Hareem Shah receives invitation from ‘Big Boss 17’
♦ Babar Azam steps down as Pakistan captain from all formats
♦ Who said what at the Cricket World Cup
♦ South Africa win toss, choose to bat in 2nd World Cup semi-final against Australia