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♦ Spineless Pakistani rupee keeps crumpling against mighty US dollar: Greenback gains Rs1.32 in value to top historic high of Rs195.80: Dollar hits Rs198 in open market: Share prices surge by 175 points at stock exchange

♦ Two wanted TTP terrorists killed in North Waziristan gunbattle

♦ Won’t tolerate any design to harm CPEC project, warns PM Shehbaz: Orders strict security measures for Chinese nationals

♦ PM assures CM Murad of assistance to probe Karachi bomb blast: 4-5kg explosives, ball bearings used in explosives: report

♦ Sh Rasheed predicts important developments in next 48 hours: Minister Patel says days of Rasheed’s politics numbered

♦ Bilawal visits Dubai to condole death of UAE ruler

♦ IHC bars Hanif Abbasi from working as special assistant to PM

♦ PTI to stage power show in Kohat today

♦ Question papers leak as cheating mafia rules board exams in Sindh

♦ Met Office sees no respite from intense heat for most parts of country

♦ If water scarcity not addressed, drought-like situation likely to hit Sindh

♦ Three killed over land dispute in Khushab

♦ FIA DG given additional charge of NACTA coordinator

♦ Coronavirus claims two more lives, infects another 52 in Pakistan: NIH data shows positivity ratio plunging to 0.37%: North Korean military ramps up Covid response as outbreak grows

♦ Conjoined twin from war-torn Yemen dies after Saudi operation