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♦ Four dead, 16 hurt in Barkhan blast: Explosion rips through Rakhni Bazar: Bomb was planted in a motorcycle parked outside a barber shop: Security forces have cordoned off area

President, PM, CMs of Balochistan and Punjab condemn blast: Prime minister seeks report from Balochistan chief minister and IG police, says terrorists cannot escape punishment: Bilawal says terrorists have no religion or nation, they are brutal beasts in human form: Zardari calls upon government to bring all criminals involved in this heinous act of terrorism to justice: Naqvi says Punjab govt shares the grief and sorrow of those who have lost their near and dear ones in this incident

♦ PA of ex-chief of PM Youth Program claims giving Rs5m cut to his brother: PA confesses that he collected the amount from five contractors of four union councils of NA-67 and gave it to Usman Dar’s brother 

♦ Rana Sanaullah says ‘Jail Bharo’ movement has become embarrassment for Imran: Claims masses will throw Imran out in the next elections through their votes

♦ UN says a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth every two minutes: A new report from World Health Organization (WHO) says maternal deaths have either increased or stagnated nearly everywhere, from 223 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020, down from 227 in 2015 and 339 in 2000

♦ Couple leaves wedding venue to join protest against inflation in Nawabshah

♦ Gambia declares Pakistan-imported cough syrup substandard 

♦ Multan Sultans win toss; elect to bowl first against Karachi Kings

♦ Over 1,000 traffic cops to be deployed during PSL matches in Lahore

♦ In second match of PSL, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi will face each other at 7:00 PM. The match will be played at Qaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

♦ Two-day Hyderabad Literature Festival begins

♦ Voting underway for NA-193 by-polls in Rajanpur: Voters and workers of both the PML-N and the PTI present in their camps in large numbers: 11 candidates are running for seat, but main contest is expected between PML-N candidate Amaar Awais Leghari and PTI Mohsin Leghari 

♦ PTI, PML-N workers clash during voting in NA-193, Jampur

♦ Doctor confirms rape with 17-year-old daughter of Khan Muhammad Marri: Samples of Marri’s daughter, wife Giran Naz, and two sons were sent to Punjab forensic department for test

♦ Rana Sanaullah says Imran’s record of attacking judiciary quite ‘grim’: Says PTI Chairman keeps hurling abuses at judiciary

♦ Narowal journalist falls prey to lady doctor’s negligence: He was operated on for gallstones at DHQ Hospital but the doctor cut the intestine too along with gallbladder 

♦ Lahore tops list of most polluted cities of world as air quality index (AQI) in the city reached 235

♦ Woman raped in Jhelum at gunpoint: Medical report confirms the sexual assault

♦ Pakistan to conduct first ever digital census: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has recruited 126,000 enumerators and purchased same number of tablets for this purpose 

♦ Two hurt in chemical factory fire in Lahore

♦ Pakistan logs 36 new coronavirus cases 

♦ Man shoots dead sister in Lahore over domestic row

♦ Horse and Cattle Show cancelled due to security reasons

♦ Vaccinators’ shortage hits children vaccination campaign

♦ Around 40 migrants drown after boat wrecked off Italy

♦ Blinken eyes US inroads in Central Asia as Ukraine rattles nerves: Diplomats and experts say that Central Asian leaders are walking a tightrope due to formal security agreements with Moscow and Russia's overwhelming security and economic influence

♦ Macron to visit China after Beijing's Ukraine peace plan: He will urge Beijing to pressure Russia to end the war in Ukraine