♦ UN, Pakistan launch worldwide flash appeal to help flood-hit people
♦ LHC orders withdrawal of fuel adjustment charges from bills of all consumers
♦ Floods fuel 'back-breaking' food inflation; onion price rises by five times
♦ SC denies having Twitter account, orders FIA to track down handlers
♦ Third of Pakistan under water as flood aid efforts gather pace: 75 more die during last 24 hours: More flooding feared in Rajanpur, DG Khan, Layyah
♦ COAS General Bajwa to visit flood-hit areas of Swat today: International aid starts pouring in with seven Turkish, three UAE planeloads of relief items landed
♦ UN to call for $160 million in Pakistan flood aid: Pakistani envoy briefs UN chief about flood devastation
♦ China announces 100m yuan in aid for Pakistan’s flood-hit people: Canada announces $5 million in aid for Pakistan flood victims
♦ Buoyed Pakistani rupee outclasses US dollar: Local currency appreciated by nearly two rupees in reaction to IMF board nod to revive Pakistan’s loan programme
♦ IMF says Pakistan at a challenging economic juncture: Suggests containing current spending, mobilizing tax revenues critical to create space for much-needed social protection: Says scheduled increases in fuel levies, energy tariffs essential: Higher policy rates necessary to contain inflation: $1.17 billion tranche likely to come within six days: PM Shehbaz welcomes revival of IMF loan but says Pakistan must break out of economic straitjacket
♦ Islamabad court rejects Shahbaz Gill’s bail plea
♦ ECP stays contempt proceedings against Imran, PTI leaders on courts’ orders: Fawad Ch challenges ECP notice in LHC, Rawalpindi bench
♦ Punjab boards to announce matric result tomorrow
♦ Coronavirus takes a sharp plunge in Pakistan: NIH data shows infections falling below 200, no death: US first lady tests negative for Covid-19: India reports 7,591 new cases, 30 deaths
♦ Afghanistan to clash with Bangladesh in Asia Cup match today