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♦ PCB announces Men's Central Contracts for 2025-26 international season: 30 cricketers awarded contracts; 12 new entrants this year: Five players promoted to higher categories; 10 players each in Category B, C and D

♦ No let-up in monsoon chaos as flood alert issued in KP cities: Low-lying areas at risk amid surge in Kabul River, Nowshera on edge: Bridge washed away in Abbottabad: Torrential rains ravage Hazara division: Landslide threat in Murree region: Punjab rivers rise: Flood in Sutlej River cuts off villages near Ganda Singh border in Kasur

♦ KP govt announces closure of schools due to heavy rains

♦ Islamabad, KP cities jolted by powerful earthquake

♦ Bulls lead Pakistan Stock Exchange to top historic 149,000-point mark

♦ CTD arrests three terrorists in Hyderabad

♦ Man dies, 25 injured as sleepy bus driver causes road crash in Jaranwala

♦ Police officer shot dead in Karachi

♦ FIR lodged after day-old babygirl kidnapped from Islamabad house

♦ UN says record 383 aid workers killed in 2024, mostly in Gaza: World body terms lack of accountability a shameful indictment of international apathy

♦ Putin and Zelensky set for peace summit after Trump talks

♦ China's top diplomat hails 'positive trend' in relations with India: Beijing ready to supply fertilizer, rare-earths and tunnel machines to Delhi

♦ Syria commission says more than 300,000 may have gone missing since 1970s

♦ UN debates future withdrawal of Lebanon peacekeeping force