♦ NA body sends poll funds provision matter back to assembly: Law Minister says committee ordered to table the matter again in assembly: Naveed Qamar insists on parliament’s prerogative to allocate funds: Says institutions being intimidated with contempt threats: Says Parliament can also send people to jail for its ‘contempt’
♦ On IMF dilly-dallying, Pakistani rupee hammered by US dollar in interbank
♦ Naila Kiani first Pakistani woman to summit world’s 10th highest peak
♦ Death toll rises to near 100 as fighting rages in Sudan
♦ PTI still indecisive about its candidate for AJK PM slot
♦ Pakistanis’ death toll in Dubai building collapse may rise: Envoy
♦ Elections seem to have become problem of someone’s personal ego: Raja Pervaiz
♦ Census date extended in Punjab due to teachers’ shortage
♦ PML-N central leadership hosts grand Sehri in Lahore
♦ New PTI entrant Ijazul Haq says will try to create harmony among parties: Believes it’s PTI time as party is on the cusp of its popularity: Alleges govt committed Rs222bn corruption in free flour distribution scheme
♦ IHC allows Shandana Gulzar to retake oath on reserved NA seat
♦ Bid to smuggle heroin foiled in Jamrud
♦ Five die as speeding bus crushes motorcycle in Tando Allahyar
♦ Verdict due for Kremlin critic facing 25 years in jail
♦ US warship sails through Taiwan Strait days after China drills
♦ Iran court jails 10 troops over 2020 Ukraine jet downing
♦ Pakistan to clash with New Zealand in third T20 today