♦ Zardari urges politicians to unite as nation celebrates Pakistan Day: Grand military parade in Islamabad marks Pakistan Day celebrations: Warplanes, Cobra helicopters, paratroopers demonstrate their skills: Saudi defence minister was guest of honour:  President Zardari vows not to compromise on sovereignty, tolerate any destabilizing efforts: Kashmir dispute main reason for regional instability: PM Shehbaz vows to put country on track of economic recovery

♦ President Zardari confers Nishan-i-Pakistan on Saudi defence minister

♦ Pakistan Day is a bright chapter of the freedom movement, says Mohsin Naqvi

♦ Graceful change of guard ceremony held at Mazar-e-Iqbal in Lahore

♦ Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, in her special message on Pakistan Day, underlined the need for new resolutions to crush the menace of terrorism, cut poverty and inflation in the country

♦ New IMF deal to bring more inflation, says exchange companies

♦ Nawaz Sharif visits shut Hudabiya Papers Mills

♦ Pakistan strongly condemns the heinous attack in Moscow

♦ PCB chief seeks plan to increase board’s resources

♦ Former PCB chairman and foreign secretary Shaharyar Khan passes away

♦ Appointment of new KP chief secretary lingers on

♦ IPP announces plan to reorganize party across Punjab

♦ Sindh govt orders probe into harassment complaint by university girl student

♦ Small traders reject plan for tax collection through electricity bills

♦ World Bank approves $149.7 million financing for two Pakistan projects

♦ State Bank ‘not to issue’ new currency notes on Eid

♦ Four youth sodomize teen boy in Pattoki

♦ Kite string claims life of young man in Faisalabad

♦ Six people perish in Gujranwala, Gujrat accidents

♦ Death toll climbs to 115 as Russia arrests 11 over concert hall attack

♦ UN chief to visit Gaza border as Security Council defers vote on ceasefire text