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♦ The government to complete its constitutional tenure; PML-N has denounced Imran Khan’s demand of holding fresh elections

♦ The government has prepared a plan to deal with the participants of the Long March; Islamabad’s Red Zone area has converted into ‘No go area’; The decision has been done to monitor the PTI’s leaders with strictness

♦ The heads of the coalition parties has given the approval of stopping the sit-in; Plan will be followed; Minister of Interior Rana Sanaullah says “We will not let them bring the groups of goons and indulge in riots”; He says If Imran Niazi tries to become the gravedigger of democracy, then the law will deal with him

♦ Finance Minister Miftah Ismail announces that prices of petroleum products will not be increased; He hints at increasing interest rates; He says he will try to clinch a favorable deal with the IMF

♦ Fawad Chaudhry says the government has planned to arrest 700 people, including PTI leaders and workers, before the march towards Islamabad on May 25

♦ IG KP says that no call was received from Rawalpindi to stop the PTI’s long march and no one contacted the Center

♦ Khawaja Asif says Imran Khan presents a new statement every day; He says that Imran Khan lies under the plan 

♦Opposition leader Raja Riaz also lashed out at Imran Khan; Raja Riaz says for four years the country was brutally looted

♦ The SBP’s MPC meeting was held on Monday in Karachi and decided to raise the policy rate by 150 basis points to 13.75 per cent

♦ US dollar thrashes Pakistani rupee to reach all time high at Rs201.40.

♦ Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz has announced cancelling its scheduled public meeting in Okara, Punjab today just hours ago of its start, as the city receive rainfall

♦ Lahore police arrest three suspects involved in abduction of girl student.

♦ Seven people were killed in collision between two buses in Galyat

♦ Rickshaw falls in DA canal of Thatta Gujjar; 10 people in the rickshaw drowned; Three were rescued, three bodies were recovered; The search for the four drowned people continues

♦ Forest fire in Sherani area of Balochistan is out of control; Efforts by PDMA, Pakistan Army, FC and local volunteers continue to put out the fire; About 30 to 35 per cent of the forest is severely affected by the fire; Three families living in the forest refuse to leave the area

♦ Protests by government employees has workerd; The government has restored the weekend; The federal cabinet will approve the restoration of the weekend in tomorrow's meeting

♦ Power crisis persists across the country; Shortfall has reached 5,271 MW; Power outage for 10 hours in different areas; Duration of load shedding in Karachi is 12 hours

♦ Water crisis is likely to become more serious; Water storage in Tarbela Dam has been depleted

♦ Strong winds, thundershowers and rain in different parts of Lahore make the weather pleasant; The Meteorological Department has forecast more rain in different parts of Punjab including Lahore

♦ 10th class chemistry paper out in Larkana; Share in WhatsApp groups; Candidates started solving papers through mobile phones in examination centers

♦ In India, slogans of 'Long live Pakistan' were once again chanted; Case registered against 62 persons

♦ Protests small but message big; Palestinian student refuses to shake hands with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken against Israeli aggression in Palestine; The student came to the graduation ceremony waving the Palestinian flag;  Did not shake hands with US Secretary of State over degree; Shake hands with the guests standing in front

♦ The thrilling match of Asia Hockey Cup continues; Pakistan and India match is equal to one goal each. 

♦ Announcement of 16-member national squad for the series against West Indies; Babar Azam captain, Shadab Khan vice-captain, Abdullah Shafique, Muhammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf, Hassan Ali, Asif Afridi; Asif Ali, Saud Shakeel, Usman Qadir, Haider Ali have been dropped; ODI matches will be played on June 8, 10 and 12 at Rawalpindi Stadium

♦ Unveiling of Pak-Sri Lanka Women's T20 Trophy; The two teams will face each other in the first T20 tomorrow

♦ Indian director stole singer Abrar-ul-Haq's song "Nach Punjaban Nach"; Abrar-ul-Haq is angry about including his song in a movie without permission; Netizens also criticize the Indian director

♦ The thrilling trailer of the new sequel of the Hollywood movie "Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning" has been released; The action-packed movie will be released in July next year