♦ Nationwide traders' strike against high electricity bills, heavy taxes, IPPs and IMF pacts: Mostly markets in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Gujranwala and other cities shut down in protest against 'Trader-Friendly Scheme' and FBR notices to traders; FPCCI, chambers, political parties including PTI, JUI-F, JI also announce support for strike; Karachi Transport Ittehad and Anjuman Tajran Lahore Naeem Mir group oppose strike; All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajran President Kashif Chaudhry warns to prolong strike if demand not to be addressed till today evening
♦ Nawaz Sharif to ‘visit’ London next month
♦ US, Pakistan to address threats to regional security: State Department
♦ ECP summons JUI-P head for not holding intra-party polls
♦ Second phase of CPEC begins with SIFC facilitation
♦ Lahore gets 5 new tehsils, bringing total to 10
♦ Moody’s upgrades Pakistan’s ratings to Caa
♦ CJP Justice Isa calls Supreme Judicial Commission’s meeting
♦ Man in Lahore poisons wife and five children due to poverty
♦ Medical report of Karsaz car accident suspect Natasha confirms drug use
♦ Airhostess gets bail in currency smuggling case
♦ KP Governor Faisal Kundi asks CM Gandapur to seek vote of confidence
♦ Govt okays tightening of security of firms working on different projects
♦ Man in Karachi given life imprisonment for raping niece
♦ Cotton price increases by Rs500 per 40kg
♦ Met office predicts intense rain, urban flooding during next 24 hours
♦ Dozens of families get stuck as River Indus bursts its banks near Mehar: Karachi braces to receive up to 200mm rain: Heavy rain breaks 48-year-old record in Multan: More rainfall forecast for large parts of country
♦ Number of immigration officers at Lahore Airport increased for travellers’ ease
♦ Lahorites failed in driving test can retake after 15 days
♦ Woman commits suicide with her two kids in Ahmadpur Sharqia
♦ Abrar Ahmed, Kamran Ghulam join Pakistan Test squad