♦ Government's new negotiating team have some success, religious party assures of stopping march in Wazirabad; government delegation led by Shah Mehmood consisted Asad Qaiser and Ali Muhammad Khan, Qureshi; religious party accepted the government's demand; procession will remain in Wazirabad until the demands are met

♦ Prime Minister Imran Khan postpones his speech today; government intensifies attempts to stop March of the religious party; government established a 12-member committee for talks; Minister of Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri says negotiating committee will work as a negotiator between the government and proscribed party; Sahibzada Hamid Raza calls on protesters to remain peaceful

♦ Government ready for the conditional release of Seed Rizvi; Prime Minister says no objection if the courts release him

♦ Prime Minister is angry over the failure of the Police to stop the religious party’s march; decides to take strict action against the Punjab Police, IG and other senior officers; action will be taken after the end of the march

♦ Religious party march reaches Wazirabad; GT road reopens at several places; GT road from Wazirabad, Kharian, Gujarat, Jhelum still closed; leads to scarcity of food items and petrol, citizens are worried about the non-opening of roads in Rawalpindi; prolonged road closures cause mental anxiety

♦ Security strengthened in Bani Gala following the march of the religious party; additional police personnel and additional armed personnel deployed near the residence.

♦ Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif says talks with the banned party are the best solution to the problem; says so many lives have already been lost

♦ Election Commission Returning Officer in NA-133 rejects PTI candidate Jamshed Iqbal Cheema and Musarat Jamshed Cheema's nomination papers

♦ PML-N's demands to hold Lahore by-election; Khawaja Saad Rafique says the government suffered the worst defeat in NA-133; the government wants to postpone the by-election

♦ Jan Muhammad Jamali, who was elected unopposed as Speaker Balochistan Assembly, could not take the oath due to ill health, the announcement of the new provincial cabinet is also expected in the next few days

♦ Notice of increase in the price of food items issued as inflation hits again utility stores; the price of 950 grams of different brands of tea increased by Rs100 to Rs210, 500 grams of formula milk got expensive by Rs60; price of per kg packet of washing powder jumps by Rs10, 250 grams of honey increases by Rs95; price of 300 grams packet of custard increases by Rs5

♦ After chicken, chickpeas also out of reach of ordinary people; in Karachi, the price of white channa jumps by Rs48 per kg; in the wholesale market being sold at Rs148 per kg

♦ Ballooning inflation will not provide relief to the people; Prime Minister decides to maintain the prices of petroleum products

♦ FIA takes action against those involved in the petrol crisis; five accused are arrested, Nadeem Butt of Fossil Energy, OGRA member Amir Naseem, Oil member Abdullah Abdullah Malik Afridi and assistant director Oil Imran Abro; according to the FIA, OGRA officials have issued illegal petroleum marketing license.

♦ NCOC announces lifting of restrictions on 60% vaccinated cities, Islamabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Gilgit and Mirpur have declared the best cities for vaccination, restrictions on gatherings and weddings in these cities have been lifted; restrictions on indoor dining and business have also been lifted; the number of passengers on domestic and inter-district journeys reduced to 100; restrictions in less vaccinated cities will remain in place until 15 November

♦ Dengue patients suffer in Lahore as hospitals did not receive special funds for treatment; the number of CBC tests in educational hospitals could not be increased

♦ Indian PM Modi fly in Pakistani airspace; permission granted again, Indian prime minister's plane flew to Italy yesterday, will now return from the same route; Civil aviation officials give permission - Modi will board India's commercial flight

♦ Claim damages of Rs14.4 million filed against K Electric

♦ Four sixes made Asif Ali a superstar; Asif Ali happy with the brilliant batting; Says luckily he made the Pakistanis happy; the atmosphere of the team is pleasant, urges fans to continue support team

♦ Babar Azam’s father Azam Siddiqui shares sad story on social media; Says Babar's mother was in ICU during the Pak-India match; says Babar Azam played all three matches in extreme distress

♦ In the exciting match of the T20 World Cup, Hasarangadi's hat trick did not save Sri Lanka from defeat as  South Africa won the match by four wickets. In the second match; Australia and England facing off each other

♦ Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan released from the Arthur Road jail in Maharashtra’s Mumbai; Shah Rukh Khan has left his residence Mannat to reach the Arthur Road Jail to receive his son

♦ Lebanon is in trouble over statements against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; KSA and Bahrain have ordered Lebanese ambassadors to leave the country; Saudi government imposed a total ban on all imports from Lebanon

♦ A resident of a Jaranwala village recovers a pet cow stolen six months ago; Upon return to the village, he was greeted on drumbeats; distributed food among 200 people to celebrate the occasion