♦ Hamas says 'heavy fighting' in Gaza as Israel boosts ground operations: Israel says it hit military infrastructure in Syria: Lebanon border clashes also escalate: UN says 33 aid trucks entered Gaza: Five charged after pro-Palestinian protests in London

♦ Top China, Russia officials warn foreign forces stoking turmoil

♦ Supreme Court judge releases his dissenting note in NAB amendments case: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah says courts can’t interfere in parliament’s affairs: Nobody has right to even challenge laws passed by parliament

♦ Punjab cabinet approves next four months’ budget today

♦ Maulana Tariq Jamil’s family denies enmity as son’s body shifted to ancestral home: Religious scholar’s other son says Asim Jameel was suffering from acute depression: Given electric shocks due to serious illness: Nawaz-i-Janaza will be held in Raeesabad tonight

♦ Two soldiers martyred, two terrorists killed in Awaran gunbattle

♦ Only 29 PIA flights cancelled after matters with PSO settled

♦ Pakistani rupee depreciates against US dollar in interbank market

♦ Lahore emerges as second most polluted city in world amid smog

♦ India vows to free its ex-navy personnel on Qatar death-row

♦ Over 200,000 Canadian Sikhs voted in Khalistan referendum

♦ Death toll in India bomb blast at Christian prayer rises to three

♦ Afghanistan win toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in world Cup match

♦ Pakistan play Bangladesh in World Cup match tomorrow