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♦ PM Shehbaz thanks Qatar Emir for $3b investment

♦ China to provide another batch of relief goods, cash to flood-hit areas of Pakistan

♦ Fuel Surcharge for consumers of below 200 units abolished: Dastgir

♦ Court rejects extension in Shahbaz Gill’s physical remand, sends him to jail: Police sought seven more days of remand for interrogation

♦ ECP declares PDM’s reference for Imran Khan’s disqualification ineffective for hearing

♦ Imran Khan given green signal to contest by-polls on two NA seats

♦ ECP tosses appeals against fines imposed on Imran Khan, Asad Umar

♦ ECP also postpones LB polls in Karachi

♦ LHC orders interim relief on electricity bills: Directs payment of power bills excluding fuel adjustment tax

♦ PM announces exemption to 17.1m consumers from fuel adjustment charges

♦ US dollar gains 34 paisas in value against Pakistani rupee

♦ Current account deficit drops to $1.2 billion in July

♦ Positivity ratio plunges as Pakistan posts 278 coronavirus cases: NIH data shows another two people died of Covid-19: India logs 10,649 new infections, active cases reduce to 96,442: Chad makes masks, social-distancing obligatory as Covid cases mount

♦ ECP summons Firdous Ashiq Awan, Usman Dar, others in Daska by-election rigging case

♦ Imran Khan decides to appear in anti-terror court tomorrow

♦ UAE starts deporting Pakistanis coming to emirates for employment on visit visa

♦ India forced Twitter to put ‘agent’ on payroll: Ex-Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges company ‘knowingly’ permitted an ‘Indian government agent direct unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data’

♦ Minister shares details for depositing donations in PM’s flood relief account 

♦ Five kids among seven die in rain, flood-related incidents in Sindh: Three kids die, two injured as roof collapses in Kandhkot: Man, woman die as Qingqi rickshaw overturns in rainwater: Two kids washed away in flash flood: 50-foot canal breach inundates several villages in Nawabshah: Flood situation worsens in Dadu

♦ PAF continues providing relief and rescue assistance to flood victims

♦ Whole Sindh has become a river, says CM Murad

♦ Commercial climbing leads K2 base camp to become huge garbage dumpster

♦ OGDCL reveals in PAC, Saudia giving crude oil to Pakistan, not refined

♦ European hospitals test drones to speed delivery of human tissue

♦ Heatwave triggers 'false autumn' in UK

♦ Biden announces nearly $3 bn in Ukraine weapons aid

♦ Ukraine will fight 'till the end', Zelensky vows on Independence Day

♦ Israel in 'last-minute' diplomatic push to halt Iran nuclear deal

♦ Iran denies any link with groups hit in US Syria strikes

♦ US warns of sanctions against Turkey over Russia ties

♦ Oldest human relative walked upright 7 mn years ago: study

♦ Waseem Akram wants PCB to make Muzaffarabad international venue

♦ All set for all-Sindh National U19 Championship final

♦ Elite foreign coaches to work with teenagers from next month

♦ Pakistan cricket team begin training in Dubai for Asia Cup

♦ Umer Rashid joins Pakistan team as assistant to fast bowling coach

♦ England recall Robinson at expense of Potts for second Test

♦ Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova announces engagement to coach

♦ Sir Vivian Richards to reunite with Javed Miandad at Pakistan Junior League

♦ 17th death anniversary of actor Jamshed Ansari observed

♦ Singer Sajjad Ali celebrates his 56th birthday

♦ Is Hania Amir giving traits of her friend’s would-be partner or of her own’s?