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♦ Courts shower ‘big relief’ on Nawaz Sharif, clear way for his return: IHC and accountability court approve protective bail to ex-prime minister in Avenfield and Al-Azizia references till October 24: Accountability court suspends arrest warrants in Toshakhana case: Courts direct authorities not to arrest PML-N Quaid at airport: NAB prosecutors does not oppose bail pleas

♦ Govt orders foolproof security for Nawaz Sharif after threat alert

♦ Hearing of Nawaz Sharif’s cases prompts IHC to cancel today’s cause list

♦ CJP Qazi Isa hints at fixing elections, civilians’ trial in military courts cases for hearing: Supreme Court adjourns Parco employees case for two months

♦ Egypt to open Gaza border crossing for up to 20 aid trucks: Biden backs Israel over hospital strike and secures aid move: Turkey to declare 3 days' mourning over Gaza hospital strike

♦ Angry protests across Muslim world after Gaza hospital strike

♦ US vetoes UN resolution on Israel-Hamas war

♦ Female education activist pledging $300,000 to charities working to help Palestinian children and people in danger: the activist urged the Israeli government to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza and reiterated the call for a ceasefire

♦ Salah calls for end to 'massacres' in Gaza Strip

♦ CM Naqvi inspects construction of Nawaz Sharif Interchange underpass in Lahore

♦ Cops selling drugs in Hafizabad jail caught red-handed

♦ Karachi police identify 14 gangs involved in robbing citizens leaving banks: Say these gangs being operated from interior Sindh, Afghanistan

♦ 35 domestic, int’l flights cancelled as PIA’s financial crisis deepens

♦ Private airlines raise fares amid PIA’s financial crunch

♦ Pakistani rupee strikes back hard at US dollar in interbank market

♦ Honda Atlas Cars shuts down its plant for another week

♦ Abid Boxer handed over to police on seven-day physical remand

♦ Indian captain Rohit Sharma slapped with multiple fines for reckless driving: Rohit Sharma received three speeding tickets for driving his Lamborghini at 215 kmph on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

♦ India and Bangladesh to play World Cup today

♦ Pakistani singer Zubaidah Khanum’s 10th death anniversary is being observed today