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♦ Another defeat; South Africa beat Pakistan; Green Shirts post 270; Aggressive batting from South Africa in pursuit of 271; Proteas shows excellence; Green Shirts fail to deliver

♦ National team could not play even 50 overs; Abdullah Shafiq scored 9, Imamul-Haq 12 runs; Rizwan 31 runs and Iftikhar 21 runs;  Captain Babar Azam was dismissed after scoring 50 runs

♦  Will Sarfaraz Ahmed return? Zaka Ashraf meets Sarfaraz and Shahnawaz; for deliberations on team performance; Sarfaraz give suggestions regarding the improvement of cricket

♦ Chairman of PTI in trouble; Islamabad High Court rejects request for release on bail and dismissal of the case; No foreign conspiracy found in the cypher; it was used for political gains; Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act applies in the case

♦ May 9 cases, PTI leadership in hot water; Interrogation of Chairman PTI and Shah Mehmood in Jail; Judge Abul Hasnat allowed the police to investigate; Statements of 5 government witnesses could not be recorded in the cypher case; Instructions to record statements of witnesses on October 31

♦ Who was the mastermind of the Faizabad sit-in; Fact-Finding Committee to identify those responsible; he Attorney General submitted the report to the Supreme Court; the decision of 6 February 2019 will be implemented, says govt; Committee will review the evidence, documents and records

♦ Supreme Judicial Council meets with Chief Justice in the chair;  notice on complaints; Council seeks reply on November 10; Bar Council files reference on audio leak; Reference against former chairman NAB Javed Iqbal dismissed; The council dismissed 19 out of 29 complaints

♦  When will the general elections be held? The Election Commission will inform the Supreme Court after 2 days; ECP completes preparations for the general elections; notification of delimitations will be released on November 30

♦ Israeli atrocities continue unabated; 400 Palestinians martyred in 24 hours; toll reached 7326; 3 thousand children, 1700 women, 27 journalists among dead;

♦ 2,000 feared to be buried under the debris; 50% of the buildings in Gaza were flattened; No electricity and medical supplies, 34% of hospitals closed; Friday prayers could not be offered in Al-Aqsa Mosque

♦ World leaders yet to bring a ceasefire to Gaza; Hamas delegation arrives in Moscow with Iranian leaders; Fighting could engulf the region, says Putin

♦ Everyone in Gaza has a story; filmmaker showS the heart-wrenching incidents; children's expressions captured

♦ Unprovoked firing by Indian Army along LOC; Indian firing caused damage to the civilian population; Retaliatory action by Pakistan Army reportedly injures Indian soldiers

♦ Punjab CM presides over planning and development board meetings;

Officials of the Asian Bank and World Development Bank among participants; 12 projects are underway with the support of the World Bank; 8 projects will be completed with the help of the Asian Bank

♦ Mohsin Naqvi on a mission to bring in betterment;  visits Bund  Road, reviews progress, Lays stress on timely completion of the project;

♦ Security of Shehbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz stepped up; PML-N figures will have vehicles with jammers; Special deployment at their residence;

♦ PIA financial crisis looming large; another 58 domestic and international flights cancelled; the number of cancelled flights has reached 537 in 11 days

♦ Second and last lunar eclipse of the year tomorrow