4:00 pm Headlines on 24Digital

♦ ECP announces Oct 8 as polling day for Punjab elections

♦ Imran Khan reaches LHC to obtain protective bail: PTI chief files another five bail pleas in LHC: Requests court to fix petitions for hearing today: Registrar office raises objections: Heavy police contingent reaches court in anticipation of PTI chief’s arrival
♦ Rahul Gandhi disqualified from Indian Parliament: Congress leader unseated as a member of Lok Sabha following his conviction in criminal defamation case over his 'Modi surname'
♦ PTI vandalism case shifted to CTD for probe
♦ Imran’s narrative about conspiracy of his murder a lie: Kh Asif
♦ PM Shehbaz visits free flour points in Lahore, Kasur
♦ Weapons recovered from Zaman Park illegal: police
♦ LHC allows to keep hotels open from Iftar to Sehr: Orders stringent measures to control smog, heatwave
♦ Imran Khan files another five bail pleas in LHC: Requests court to fix petitions for hearing today: Registrar office raises objections: Heavy police contingent reaches court in anticipation of PTI chief’s arrival

♦ Court replaces Imran Khan’s non-bailable warrant with bailable one: Court earlier reserves verdict on PTI chief’s plea for extension in warrants suspension in female judge threat case: Prosecutor opposes PTI chief’s request

♦ China rolls over $2b deposits in Pakistan, confirms Ishaq Dar
♦ LHC disposes of PTI workers’ arrest case
♦ President confers military awards on military officials: COAS, CJCSC also attend the ceremony at Aiwan-i-Sadr 
♦ Banks to accept Hajj applications on Saturday, Sunday
♦ Punjab CTD arrests five terrorists of banned outfit
♦ Thundershowers hit many parts of country: Rain causing damage to ready wheat crop: Mercury plunges as heavy downpour disrupts routine life
♦ Rain flattens mature wheat crop in Kasur
♦ Saudi Arabia says in talks with Syria on resuming consular services
♦ US due diligence firm says Chinese staff in Beijing office detained
♦ Zelensky pleads for jets, missiles, after visit to frontline
♦ Ronaldo breaks men's international caps record, scores double
♦ Pakistan, Afghanistan vie in first T20 match in Sharjah tonight