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♦ Weak governance, state’s oversized role hindering foreign investment, IMF warns Pakistan: IMF board approves 37-month S7b relief package for Islamabad: Fund’s statement says Pakistan’s vulnerabilities and structural challenges remain formidable: Business environment very difficult: IMF chief says Pakistan’s economy on sound path: PM Shehbaz hopes this would be last IMF programme

♦ Country braces for 'transitional pain' as IMF approves $7b loan

♦ PM Shehbaz calls for creation of Palestine state

♦ PM Shehbaz calls for sanctions on Israel for genocidal acts against Palestinians

♦ Punjab CM Maryam inaugurates new double-decker buses in Lahore

♦ CJP Isa responds to Justice Mansoor Shah's letter about judges committee

♦ Total 12 FIRs registered against Bushra Bibi, LHC told

♦ Eight terrorists killed in North Waziristan gunbattle

♦ Shikarpur dacoits kidnap Magsi-Mohammadani tribe chief for Rs15 million ransom: Kidnappings surge in Kacha area of Sindh with 15 abductions reported in two days, including women and children; Police claim unawareness as families of the abductees express outrage over the lack of action

♦ Boy killed in Sibi grenade attack: Two critically injured children receive emergency treatment at Sibi Teaching Hospital; Balochistan govt condemns incident, calling it an act against cultural values

♦ 10-year-old boy killed in Peshawar grenade blast

♦ Cop martyred, two robbers killed in Chakwal police encounter

♦ Sri Lanka win toss, bat in second New Zealand Test

♦ Several flights called off at Karachi Airport

♦ China to set up Textile Parks in Pakistan

♦ Love-marriage girl found dead at in-laws house in Shakargarh

♦ Another housemaid tortured by owners in Faisalabad

♦ Kamala Harris surprises many with pro-gun stance

♦ US, EU, Arab states call for Lebanon 'temporary ceasefire'

♦ US white supremacist sentenced to 18 years for plotting to blow up power plants

♦ Canada PM Trudeau survives no-confidence vote but remains on thin ice

♦ Trump accuses Zelensky of refusing to strike a deal on war

♦ Putin proposes broader criteria for using nuclear arms