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♦ Epic scale flood calamity hitting large swathes of country: Two dams collapsed in Balochistan: Ziarat, Duki, Harnai, Sanjawi at high alert: 12 die, 100 hurt in DIK flash floods, city cut off from Islamabad, Lahore: Nowshera, Charsadda inundated after Munda Headworks bridge swept away: Many saved by timely action of Army, admn: Tarbela Dam at high flood: Four die in Larkana roof collapse: Boy electrocuted in Khairpur: NDMA says 45 die in rain/flood disaster during last 24 hours

♦ Rise above politics in this hour of trial, PM Shehbaz urges politicians: Visits flood-hit areas in Sindh: Announces Rs35bn grant for flood affectees across country: Says govt will chalk out policy to waive farmers’ agri loans: Deplores efforts by a certain political party to jeopardize IMF programme

♦ COAS to visit flood-hit areas of Sindh and Balochistan today: Pakistan Army launches separate helplines to reach out flood affectees

♦Motorway Police issues travel advisory amid flood alerts
♦ MQM leader Siddiqui stresses unity to deal with floods

♦ FIA unearths 114 accounts of Imran Khan’s close aide in PTI funding case

♦ PTI to stage a rally in Jhelum today despite floods

♦ Shahbaz Gill’s bail plea deferred to Monday

♦ Coalition parties hit out at PTI for trying to derail Pakistan-IMF deal: Accuse party of doing politics during times of floods: Dub KP minister’s letter to Miftah a ploy to deepen financial crisis

♦ Asad Umar justifies KP minister’s letter to Miftah on IMF deal

♦ Coronavirus daily infections, fatalities recede in Pakistan: NIH data shows infectivity rate goes down to 1.75%: WHO says time for Covid reality check after million deaths this year: Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over Covid vaccine

♦ US envoy announces arrival of 9 million Covid vaccine doses in Pakistan

♦ Sri Lanka clash with Afghanistan in opening Asia Cup match today: Pakistan take on India tomorrow

♦ Former cricketer Muhammad Yousuf celebrates his 48th birthday