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♦ IMF bailout secured as Pakistan agrees to raise POL levy by Rs50/litre: Rs5/litre levy to be imposed on petrol every month up to Rs50/l; 11% sales tax on POL products from July 1: Tax revenue target to be revised from Rs7,005 billion to Rs7,450 billion

♦ Oil price falls by four dollars per barrel in international market

♦ 280 dead as powerful earthquake wreaks havoc in Afghanistan: Hundreds of houses collapse as 6.1 magnitude jolt hits Pak-Afghan border areas: PM Shehbaz expresses sorrow, offers to provide all possible assistance to Afghan people

♦ Continuous rains paralyse life in Peshawar as several area inundated by rainwater: Snowfall at Babusar Top lowers temperature: Floods caused by rains also affected life in Balochistan

♦ In-camera NSC meeting to be held at PM House today

♦ Eight hours of loadshedding as electricity shortfall falls below 5,000 MW

♦ Court postpones local bodies elections in Islamabad: Orders ECP to carry out new delimitations and announce election schedule within 65 days

♦ Everything will be alright within six months, claims Fazl: Says he didn’t compromise on his principles during talks with establishment

♦ US dollar punches Pakistani rupee hard, again hits record Rs212 mark

♦ Unidentified gunmen shoot dead ASI in Larkana

♦ Alarm bells as coronavirus cases top 200 in Pakistan: NIH data shows infectivity rate also shooting up to 1.53%: Long wait over as US vaccinates youngest against Covid-19

♦ Huge gas reserves found in Ghotki

♦ Pakistan strongly condemns extra-judicial killing of four Kashmiris in IOK

♦ Sri Lanka win home one-day series against Australia after 30 years

♦ Sixth death anniversary of Qawwal Amjad Sabri observed