♦ Pakistan needs trade, not aid, says Bilawal during his Japan visit

♦ IMF accord to put Pakistan’s economy back on track: Minister: Ahsan Iqbal says PTI in mourning over Pak-IMF deal: Pakistanis need to change their lifestyle if they want to progress

♦ Muslim community protest over desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden; Islamic body calls for push to prevent Koran burnings

♦ Nawaz Sharif, Maryam hold meeting with PML-N UAE leadership; PML-N supremo to hold meeting with PPP leaders next week; Nawaz Sharif makes contacts with IPP members

♦ Return of Hajis begins with first flight landing at Islamabad Airport; PIA’s first flights carrying pilgrims reach Lahore, Karachi

♦ Monsoon Rains to hit Punjab from Monday; Fresh rain-bearing system likely to affect isolated areas of country from July 5, flash flooding in DG Khan

♦ Punjab govt assures to continue cardiology facilities on Sehat card; Dr Javed Akram says there is no truth in news of stopping heart treatment on Sehat Card; Aamir Mir says Nawaz Sharif introduced health cards in 2015

♦ Punjab decides to outsource MRI, CT Scan machines of Lahore hospitals

♦ Foreign office says Pakistan hands over list of 308 Indian prisoners to the Indian high commission in Islamabad

♦ Naila Kiani becomes first Pakistani woman to summit Nanga Parbat

♦ Eid Holidays: FESCO extends 'due date' for electricity bills

♦ Breach in canal in Pakpattan destroys cotton and rice crops

♦ Wedding couple receives 4 kg of gold, Rs650m cash as 'Salaami' in Turkey

♦ Pakistan Taliban kill four police in Balochistan attack

♦ Three terrorists killed in DI Khan IBO: ISPR

♦ Four dead during firing exchange between two groups in Shikarpur 

♦ Passion of selfie takes three lives of young friends at River Jehlum

♦ Several dens of dacoits destroyed in police’s operation in Kashmore

♦ High alert prompts tight security around Lahore churches

♦ French rioters ram car into mayor’s house, injuring his wife and daughter: Interior Ministry says arrests in overnight riots rise to 719

♦ Arrests in Switzerland after violence inspired by French riots

♦ Biden to travel to UK, NATO summit, Finland: White House

♦ China's Qu Dongyu re-elected unopposed as head of UN food agency

♦ Former Brazilian president disqualified from holding public office, until 2030

♦ Two killed, dozens wounded in Baltimore mass shooting: police

♦ Neglected elephant touches down in Thai homeland after flight

♦ Nissanka century books Sri Lanka's World Cup spot

♦  Australia win fractious 2nd Ashes Test despite stunning Stokes century