4:00 pm Headlines on 24Digital

♦ Election Commission of Pakistan deseats PTI's 25 dissident MPAs: Aleem Khan, Nazir Chohan, Nauman Lagrial, Uzma Kardar, Sajida Yousaf, Aisha Nawaz, Raja Sagheer, Rasool Sangha and others hit by the landmark verdict

♦ PM Shehbaz to appear before FIA court tomorrow: Says has full confidence in courts: Hopes to get justice: Asks party leaders and ministers to face cases against them: Law minister denies rescinding any high-profile cases

♦ PM launches PN Badar warship built with Turkish help

♦ NAB bans transfers, postings of officers

♦ Pervaiz Elahi urges court to annul Punjab CM election, order new vote: Pleads Hamza Shehbaz did not get required number of votes: LHC issues notices to Hamza and others in pleas challenging his election: Seeks assistance regarding when SC verdict will be applicable on dissident members and whether court can null actions already taken

♦ IHC forms larger bench on ex-Punjab governor Cheema’s plea against removal

♦ National Assembly to appoint leader of the opposition today

♦ Pakistan, India clash at UN after Bilawal blasts Delhi’s abuses in Occupied Kashmir

♦ Imran to give final call for Islamabad march in PTI’s Multan rally today

♦ US dollar takes a breather against Pakistani rupee: Loses 10 paisas in value

♦ Rs4.05 per unit hike in electricity tariff sought: Nepra to conduct hearing

♦ Rain in upper parts of country brings relief to heat-stricken people: Heatwave persists in plains of south Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan

♦ Heads roll as CM Hamza takes notice of question papers’ leakage in PIndi: Suspends Rawalpindi Board chairman, controller examinations for negligence of duty

♦ Afghan Taliban order female TV presenters to cover faces on air: Women journalists describe new directive a 'psychological prison'

♦ Canada bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks