♦ Supreme Court summons Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari: 3-judge SC bench comprising CJP Bandial, Justice Ahsan and Justice Muneeb takes up PTI challenge to CM election, releases written interim order: Mazari fails to turn up, sends Advocate Irfan Qadir on his behalf: SC issues notices to Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz and Punjab chief secretary: PML-Q lawyer says PA deputy speaker ignored role of parliamentary party and misread SC verdict on Article 63-A♦ Coalition partners demand Supreme Court's full bench on CM election case: PML-N says full bench has become necessary in view of constitutional crisis in Punjab
♦ Hamza Shehbaz takes oath as CM after dramatic win in Punjab Assembly: Punjab Governor administers the oath in early-morning ceremony
♦ PTI has been paid in the same coin, says Marriyum: Defends Mazari’s ruling, says it’s in line with Supreme Court verdict
♦ Fawad Chaudhry dubs PA deputy speaker ‘hired’ man
4,000 Rangers deployed in
♦ Lahore and Rawalpindi: Security tightened in Islamabad
♦ Nepra approves govt’s request to raise power tariff by Rs7.91 per unit
♦ Pakistan posts 693 more coronavirus infections, two deaths: NIH data shows almost all indicators moving up slowly: Calls for key Covid drug to be made available outside US: Biden condition has 'improved' since Covid diagnosis
♦ Lahore court allows shifting of Dua Zehra to Karachi shelter home
♦ Another monsoon spell pummels many Punjab cities; 6 dead: Alert sounded in Lahore: Many Rajanpur areas again flooded: Water level rises in Koh-e-Sulaiman streams: Canal breaches threaten villages, paddy crop in Shikarpur, Tangwani
♦ Govt College University of Lahore goes solar
♦ Indian woman Reena Verma visits Murree to refresh memories
♦ Russia, Ukraine seal landmark grain deal in Istanbul
♦ Daanish School Authority to be reactivated in Punjab
♦ Protesters attack metro bus in Islamabad
♦ Pakistan, Sri Lanka clash in second cricket Test in Galle tomorrow