♦ The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday reserved the verdict to cancel the physical remand of Shahbaz Gill in the seditious remarks case

♦ An Islamabad court ordered to produce Shahbaz Gill by 12:30pm in the case of instigating junior officers of the Pakistan Army against their senior command

♦ Another video of Shahbaz Gill from PIMS hospital surfaced; Gill in the video is being insisted by the doctors to drink juice

♦ Imran Khan on Monday moved the IHC to avoid arrest; a petition was filed for pre-arrest bail in the case registered under anti-terrorism act for threatening state officials

♦ The IHC returned Imran Khan’s bail petition with objections

♦ The IHC on Monday accepted the protective bail applications of 14 PML-N leaders, including that of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Ataullah Tarar, for a period of 14 days in the Punjab Assembly (PA) hooliganism case

♦ Another case was registered against five more PML-N MPAs including Rana Mashhood, Mirza Javed, Rukhsana Kausar, Saiful Muluk Khokhar and Mian Abdul Rauf

♦ The decision on the admissibility of a petition for the disqualification of Imran Khan has been reserved

♦ The chief election commissioner adjourned the hearing of Toshakhana reference against Imran Khan till August 29

♦ Monsoon rains wreaked havoc on areas of Sindh; seven died

♦ Four people lost their lives in a roof collapse incident in Sukkur; three kids of the same family were buried under the debris after the roof of their house collapsed

♦ Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari cancelled his trip to Europe amid the destruction caused by heavy rains in Sindh

♦ Local streams and drains were flooded in Taunsa Sharif due to rains

♦ Relief activities of Pakistan Army continue in the flood-hit areas. Pakistan Army troops are engaged in helping the civil administration in Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab, according to the ISPR

♦ PM summoned an important meeting after the situation worsened due to the rains in Sindh and Balochistan

♦ The shortfall of electricity in the country has touched 5085 MW; the total production of electricity is 23,415 MW while the total demand has reached 28,500 MW

♦ The US dollar once again resumed its recovery trend against the US dollar and gained 65 paisas to reach Rs214 against the Pakistani currency in interbank trading

♦ Pakistan reported 416 new coronavirus cases along with three virus-related deaths during the last 24 hours (Sunday), showed the data released by the National Institute of Health Pakistan on Monday morning