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♦ By-elections: Polling for five national, 16 provincial assembly seats under way: Internet, mobile phone services suspended in 13 Punjab districts; Govt deploys Army troops for by-elections

♦ PML-N worker shot dead in Narowal: Polling in PP-139 halted after PML-N, PTI-backed SIC supporters trade bullets: In NA-119, PTI workers arrested by Lahore police after clashing with rival supporters

♦ JUI boycotts by-elections in Balochistan

♦ Two more Customs officials shot dead in Dera Ismael Khan terror attack: PM Shehbaz strongly condemns attack; says it will not dent govt resolve to eliminate terrorism

♦ Two Rangers personnel martyred after their truck tipped over in Tharparkar

♦ 12 workers injured in boiler blast at Faisalabad textile mills

♦ Two robbers shot dead in Shikarpur police encounters

♦ Three die in two incidents of roof, wall collapses in Multan, Lahore

♦ Man shoots friend dead in DHA Karachi over personal grudge

♦ Pakistan thrash India 2-1 in Karate Combat 45 contest in Dubai

♦ Israel holds Palestinian economy captive, say analysts

♦ Red Crescent says 14 dead in Israeli West Bank raid: Israel to summon ambassadors of countries that voted for Palestinian UN membership

♦ Israel continues ‘blind’ killing in Gaza

♦ 58 die after boat capsizes in Central Africa

♦ Pakistan and New Zealand to clash in third T20I tonight