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♦ Gaza war intensified: Hezbollah hits northern Israel by launching 100 rockets within 60 minutes: Israel army says striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after rocket fire; Israel defence agency orders schools shut in northern areas near Lebanon

♦ US urges citizens to leave Lebanon after Israel forces raid Al Jazeera office in West Bank

♦ Pro-Iran groups in Iraq claim drone attack against Israel: statement

♦ PM Shehbaz reaches UK, set to address UN General Assembly on Sept 27: Pakistani High Commissioner Dr Faisal receives PM Shehbaz Sharif at Luton Airport ahead of his visit to the US; PM emphasises strengthening international partnerships during his engagements with global leaders in New York

♦ MD-CAT exam paper leaked, sold for Rs1.2mn per student: Mafia sells leaked MD-CAT answer keys for  Rs1.2 million per student prior to Larkana's medical and dental college entry exam; UHS conducts MD-CAT exam across 30 cities across the country; 82,500 candidates are being appeared; 12,846 candidates to appear in Karachi; Mobile phones, wallets, and electronic devices banned; Section 144 imposed around exam centres; Punjab CM Maryam expresses her good wishes for students

♦ Pakistan says its embassy in touch with family of deceased student in China

♦ Punjab records 86 new dengue cases in one day

♦ Several flights cancelled at Karachi Airport

♦ Robber shot dead by his own accomplices during robbery in Lahore

♦ 14-year-old girl raped by father’s friend in Faisalabad’s Allied Hospital

♦ Two motorcyclists died, one injured in road accident in Kashmore

♦ School principal in Lahore who thrashed two students arrested

♦ Champions One Day Cricket Cup in Faisalabad: Shaheen Afridi to face Saud Shakeel today

♦ Messi, Miami frustrated by New York late leveler

♦ Ashwin bags six wickets as India hammer Bangladesh in first Test

♦ NZ chase 275 to win first Sri Lanka Test after Patel bags six

♦ Sri Lanka presidential frontrunner's party says won't tear up IMF deal

♦ Marxist leader set to become Sri Lanka's next president

♦ Trump refuses Harris call for October debate

♦ Biden says China 'testing us,' in hot mic remarks to Quad allies

♦ Floods, landslides hit central Japan months after major quake

♦ Asia's oldest operating trams see slow death in India