♦ Nepra approves Rs9.89 increase in electricity tariff: Also okays Rs11.37/unit hike in power tariff for K-Electric consumers
♦ US dollar storms ahead as problems multiply for Pakistani rupee: Greenback appreciates by another four rupees in intrabank trading to hit record level of Rs240
♦ Rapist, killer of three young girls arrested in Peshawar
♦ Today’s PDM huddle to frame strategy after losing Punjab to PTI
♦ Nawaz holds meetings with party leaders in London: Also discusses with PM Shehbaz about future course of action of PML-N, PDM: Discussions also held for supporting PPP’s candidate for Punjab Assembly speaker
♦ Imran Khan postpones visit to Lahore: Asad Umar deplores re-arrest of Haleem Adil Sheikh, terming rulers worst tyrants possible: Sheikh Rashid says Punjab’s political garbage will be thrown into sewer
♦ Punjab govt withdraws Rs365b reserved for development schemes: Pervaiz Elahi pays visit to CM Office
♦ Meeting of Judicial Commission is under way under CJP chair
♦ Vaccinated Asif Zardari catches coronavirus in Dubai: PM Shehbaz wishes former president early recovery
♦ Four days since Sindh-Balochistan land route cut off by floods: Bridges washed away and roads damages in many areas: No mobile signal, no electricity: Three women dead in KP’s roof collapses: Flood warning in Tank: Avalanche-hit Chitral roads reopen
♦ Pakistan records steep rise in coronavirus infections, fatalities: NIH data shows daily number of deaths rose to eight, positivity ratio to 3.65%: China puts Wuhan district into lockdown over four Covid cases: WHO says all theories still on table after studies point to natural Covid origin
♦ Army aviation pilot, family die in Skardu car plunge
♦ Sri Lanka thrash Pakistan to level Test series
♦ Inaugural ceremony of Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham today