♦ 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