♦ Army helicopter in action to rescue students, teachers stuck in Battagram cable car: Strong wind hampering rescue operation: SSG commandos lead in action as chairlift dangling in midair after two of three cables snapped: One scared student fainted: KP govt dispatches another helicopter

♦ Six Army soldiers martyred, 4 terrorists killed in South Waziristan gunbattle

♦ Pakistan arrests six Indian arms, drugs smugglers: ISPR says Indian nationals were trying to smuggle weapons, narcotics and ammunition into Pakistan: Suspects complicity of Indian Border Security Force in smuggling arms into Pakistan: Smugglers will be dealt as per Pakistani law

♦ Cabinet decides to hold national interfaith moot next week

♦ PM Kakar says caretaker govt’s prime mandate is to assist and monitor electoral process which is constitutional requirement

♦ Pakistan issues visas to 5 Indian diplomats; Delhi issues only one visa

♦ Court summons Imran Khan in terrorism-related cases on different dates

♦ IHC adjourns hearing of Imran’s appeal against Toshakhana sentence until Aug 24

♦ Imaan Mazari gets bail in public properties damage case

♦ Nawaz Sharif calls important meeting in London

♦ Supreme Court disposes of NAB’s plea against Maryam Nawaz’s bail

♦ ‘Missing’ Asad Umar appears in court, denies arrest by FIA, gets bail in cipher case

♦ SC moved to hold inquiry into controversy over Army, Official Secrets Acts

♦ Court to hear Imran Khan’s appeal against Toshakhana setence today

♦ Judge wife’s judicial remand in maid torture case extended by 14 days

♦ Anti-graft team conducts raids to arrest PTI’s Zartaj Gul

♦ LHC disposes of plea against ECP decision to delay polls

♦ Pakistan Army steps up rescue operation for flood victims of Punjab: Flood situation remains destructive in Arifwala

♦ Anti-graft team conducts raids to arrest PTI’s Zartaj Gul

♦ US dollar hammers Pakistani rupee to record low of Rs299 in interbank

♦ Pakistan top order collapses in first one-dayer against Afghanistan