♦ Former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi announces new party 'Awam Pakistan Party'

♦ Disheartened PTI decides to hold Islamabad rally after Muharram 10

♦ E&P sector firms announce $5bn investment in Pakistani oil and gas industry

♦ Punjab CM Maryam approves ‘Honahar Merit Scholarship’ programme for students

♦ Court in Lahore reserves verdict on Imran Khan’s bail pleas in May 9-related cases

♦ Petition for early hearing of case for recovery of missing persons filed in SC

♦ PIA starts Ashura Special Flight operations to Najaf

♦ Final decision on internet shutdown to be made by PM: Interior Ministry

♦ Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election

♦ President Zardari congratulates Masoud Pezeshkian

♦ Punjab govt decides to fix flour prices across the province

♦ New York Assembly deputy speaker meets Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi

♦ Tarnol Rally: Opposition Leader Omer Ayub calls PTI's political committe meeting

♦ MQM-P rejects CM Murad Ali Shah's claims of development in Sindh

♦ Ban on foreign travel under PNIL challenged in LHC

♦ Muharram moon sighting: Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to meet today in Quetta

♦ Section 144 imposed in Punjab, banned pillion riding during Muharram

Bhio dacoit gang leader killed in joint police and rangers operation in Kandhkot

Punjab University fires 250 security guards in 3 days amid budget woes

Tram project approved for Liberty, Main Market, Mini Market, and Hali Road in Lahore

♦ Armed men shot policeman dead in Peshawar

♦ Low-lying areas flooded as Lahore, other Punjab cities receive heavy rains: Showers also result in suspension of power supply to several cities; Met Office predicts flooding in Lahore, other Punjab cities

♦ Several national and international flights at Karachi Airport cancelled

♦ Karachi to host Dawoodi Bohra community's international gathering from July 7-16

♦ Stray dogs scratch a 6-year-old girl in Shujaabad

♦ Fatal collision at Faisalabad's Pansra Interchange leaves 2 women dead, 8 injured

♦ Speedy bus tyre passes over FSc student's head on Shakargarh-Narowal Road

♦ Karachi Express narrowly escapes accident near Hyderabad

♦ Abducted Hindu trader Naresh Kumar rescued after police operation in Kacha area

♦ Stubborn Biden dismisses calls to quit in key TV interview

♦ Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll 38,098