♦ PM Shehbaz Sharif leaves for Saudi Arabia today

♦ 36 FBR senior officers removed from their posts on PM’s orders: Step taken to prevent theft of billions of rupees: Minister Ata Tarar says corrupt officers will be sent home

♦ Army Chief vows to crush ‘any instability’ in way of development journey: General Asim Munir says negative propaganda and social media trolls can’t deter armed forces from working on Pakistan’s prosperity

♦ Interior Minister Naqvi orders crackdown against drug peddlers in Islamabad

♦ Punjab CM orders preventive measures after rain forecast

♦ Court defers indictment of KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur in audio leaks case

♦ Court suspends arrest warrants for Mahmood Khan Achakzai

♦ Five eyewitnesses in maid Fatima’s murder case change their statements

♦ NEPRA hikes power tariff by Rs2.94 per unit

♦ Pakistani users face internet disruption as undersea cable damaged: Repair efforts are expected to span one month to fully restore the cable's functionality

♦ Lightning strike kills three including two brothers in Mansehra

♦ 14-year-old girl raped at her home in Arifwala

♦ Fibre optic cable connecting Singapore to Pakistan and Europe cut

♦ Hamas studying new truce proposal as mediators seek to revive talks

♦ Paris students end Gaza war protests after street fight

♦ UN ends, suspends probes into 5 UNRWA staffers accused by Israel

♦ Woman hid two kilos of cocaine in false hair braids

♦ Biden stalls on menthol cigarette ban fearing Black vote backlash

♦ Pakistan and New Zealand to clash in fifth and last T20 today