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♦ Strange case of the cricket match that helped fund Imran Khan’s political rise: Despite laws banning foreign funding of politics in Pakistan, documents show a money trail from Oxfordshire via the UAE to the coffers of Imran Khan’s party: Abraaj’s Arif Naqvi transferred $2.2 million to PTI accounts in three installments
 

♦ Tough contest on the cards as Punjab Assembly elects new speaker today: PTI’s Sibtain Khan to face PML-N’s Saif Khokhar
 

♦ National Assembly Speaker accepts resignation of 11 PTI MNAs

♦ Coalition government will complete term, says PDM president
 

♦ Maryam Nawaz threatens sit-in outside ECP offices if delay in announcing PTI foreign funding case persists

♦ JC meeting: Contradiction between Justice Isa’s viewpoint, SC declaration comes to spotlight
 

♦ Bilawal Bhutto holds talks with Tajik foreign minister Sirajuddin

♦ CNG stations in Karachi shut for three days again
 

♦ Pakistan records steady coronavirus infections in 24 hours: NIH data shows sharp increase in Covid positivity ratio in GB cities: India reports 20,409 new Covid cases, 47 deaths: Study says testing people hours before an event can reduce virus transmission
 

♦ Flood situation persists in several Sindh, Punjab villages: Kachho villages submerged due to overflowing of rivers, nullahs in Balochistan, Kirthar Mountains: Gushing flood inundates Attock suburbs: There’s high-level flood at Head Qadirabad
 

♦ Dua Zahra’s husband, family’s bank accounts restored by SHC
 

♦ Three die in Motorway pile-up near Hafizabad
 

♦ Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham