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♦ Balochistan reels from nature’s ravages: Rains, flashflood demolish many houses, destroy crops, ruin infrastructure: Pak-Iran freight train service suspended

♦ PM Shehbaz postpones his visit to flood-hit areas of Tank and DI Khan due to bad weather 

♦ Attorney-General says he backed Justices Masood, Isa’s views in JCP meeting: Says he suggested to Judicial Commission to first amend law, then appoint judges on merit: Says Justice Minallah eminently qualified for apex court elevation
 

♦ Wasiq Qayyum elected Punjab Assembly’s deputy speaker unopposed
 

♦ Swabi suffers as Pakistan logs over 600 more corona infections: NIH data shows infectivity ration in Swabi skyrocketing to 33 percent: India reports 19,673 new Covid-19 infections in past 24 hours: Australia nears 12,000 Covid deaths
 

♦ Veteran journalist, historian Akhtar Baloch passes away in Karachi
 

♦ Cabinet approves hike in petroleum dealers’ margin by Rs7 per litre
 

♦ Diarrhea cases on rise in Hyderabad: Dozens hospitalised after falling prey to cholera in Landi Kotal
 

♦ 42nd death anniversary of singer Muhammad Rafi observed