♦ 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