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♦Supreme Court bars NAB, FIA from withdrawing high-profile cases.Also bans transfers, postings of officers linked to such cases: CJP remarks court’s orders meant to protect rule of law, criminal justice system

♦ The CJP regretted, “The criminal record of the NAB has started disappearing. The accused in the cases have not been convicted. The courts did not even pronounce sentences.”

♦ US dollar sprints past Rs200 against Pakistani rupee: Gains Rs1.61 in value in interbank trading: PM Shehbaz takes notice of soaring dollar, plummeting rupee: Calls meeting of economic experts

♦ECP to announce verdict on the rebel PTI lawmakers tomorrow 

♦ CM Hamza announces Rs160 subsidy on 10kg flour bag: Says 10kg flour bag will now be available for Rs490 in Punjab: Assails Imran Khan for spreading chaos in garb of politics

♦ Bilawal says Pakistani faces challenges like climate change and coronavirus and the world is facing the threat of food crisis

♦ US assures Pakistan of support in rebuilding economy: Bilawal holds talks with Blinken

♦ 31 senior bureaucrats promoted to grade 22: PM again chairs meeting of high-powered selection board

♦ PML-N’s Abid Sher Ali back in Pakistan after over four years: Labels Imran Khan a ‘certified’ corrupt

♦ Umar Sarfaraz Cheema moves IHC against his removal as Punjab governor: Registrar Office raises objection saying matter does not lie in court’s jurisdiction

♦ Intense heatwave adds to loadshedding hours

♦ Sindh CTD officials reveal terrorists getting financial support from India

♦ Police officer, gunman shot dead near Peshawar Motorway

♦ Another exam day in Sindh, another leakage of papers

♦ Not a single recovery as Pakistan reports uptick in coronavirus cases: NIH reports one death, rise in number of critical patients, positivity ration: Greece to drop most mask restrictions from June 1

♦ TikToker Dolly flipsides Margalla fire video criticism with 'counterclaim'