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♦ Court rejects extension in Shahbaz Gill’s physical remand, sends him to jail: Police sought seven more days of remand for interrogation
♦ ECP tosses appeals against fines imposed on Imran Khan, Asad Umar
♦ ECP also postpones LB polls in Karachi
♦ ECP summons Firdous Ashiq Awan, Usman Dar, others in Daska by-election rigging case
♦ Imran Khan decides to appear in anti-terror court tomorrow
♦ Imran Khan given green signal to contest by-polls on two NA seats
♦ PM Shehbaz, Qatari Amir agree to boost bilateral cooperation
♦ 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’
♦ 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
♦ ECP declares PDM’s reference for Imran Khan’s disqualification ineffective for hearing
♦ US dollar gains 72 paisas in value against Pakistani rupee
♦ Current account deficit drops to $1.2 billion in July
♦ LHC orders interim relief on electricity bills as protests grow: Directs payment of power bills excluding fuel adjustment tax
♦ 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
♦ 17th death anniversary of actor Jamshed Ansari observed
♦ Singer Sajjad Ali celebrates his 56th birthday