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♦ PM chairs National Security Committee huddle on new terror wave: Meeting attended by CJCSC, COAS, ISI chief, DG MO and civilian leaders including FM Bilawal Bhutto: Huddle reviewed security situation and took important decisions to counter terrorism: Details awaited

♦ Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a meeting in which ML-N leaders including Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb participated. The meeting was briefed about country’s economic and political situation. Dar apprised the participants of the economic situation.

♦ Terrorists storm police check post in Dera Ismail Khan: Several militants killed, three cops hurt in ensuing gun battle: Police mange to repulse attack: Retreating terrorists take away their dead accomplices 

♦ Bilawal briefs PM on International Climate Resilient Pakistan moot: Foreign Minister also apprises premier of his US visit

♦ LHC orders PDMA to develop App to monitor pollution: Justice Shahid Karim orders razing to the ground factories violating govt warning

♦ Family injured in gas leakage blast in Karachi

♦ PM Shehbaz condoles death of Indian PM Modi's mother

♦ Brazilian football legend King Pele dead at 82

♦ Ukraine hit by new Russian missile barrage

♦ Netanyahu’s controversial concessions to Israel govt partners

♦ 25 killed, scores injured in huge hotel-casino fire on Cambodian border

♦ Pakistan able to avoid innings defeat in Karachi Test against New Zealand: Pakistan score 181 runs for four wickets in second innings by lunch

♦ IHC told ECP has spent Rs50m for holding LG polls in Islamabad
♦ Ban air flights at night: Business Council floats proposals to save energy: Karachi traders conditionally support markets closure at 9:00pm
♦ Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant seriously injured in car accident
♦ False rumors about the jails of Sindh have been spread on social media. Afghan children are not imprisoned in any jail, says Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon. He has made it clear that 129 Afghan women are imprisoned in the jails of the province. The picture circulating on social media about Landhi jail is also fake. Afghan prisoners will be deported according to the law, he said further, if there is no one to take care of them outside, then the child stays with the mother in the jail as the Jail has a separate area for children, where all facilities are available.

♦ The ICC has announced the nominations for the men's cricketer of the year. The nominees include England's Ben Stokes, Bair Stow, Australia's Usman Khawaja and South Africa's Kagiso Rabada. Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan has also been nominated for T20 Cricketer of the Year

♦ Pakistan on the verge of saving Karachi cricket Test