♦ Judge’s wife arrested for torturing her teen housemaid: Islamabad police arrested Soumia Asim after her bail application rejected by local court

♦ PTI ex-minister Samsam drops bombshell about May 9 protests: Decision taken in PTI’s core committee meeting that protests will be against Army: Atta Tarar says conspiracy hatched against Pak Army, country on May 9

♦ Govt withdraws Pemra (Amendment) Bill 2023

♦ PTI refiles appeal in SC against IHC verdict in Toshakhana case

♦ IHC fixes for hearing PTI chief’s right of defence plea in Toshakhana case

♦ IHC urged to order shifting of Imran Khan from Attock to Adiyala Jail: Plea asks court to declare PTI chief’s detention as against law: Seeks family and lawyers’ meetings with ex-PM: Wants A-class facilities for Imran Khan

♦ Second CPEC phase to lay focus on agriculture, IT, economic zones: PM Shehbaz: Prime Minister showers praise on China’s heavy investment in CPEC projects

♦ MQM tosses Governor Tessori’s name for caretaker prime minister

♦ Top PTI leaders’ judicial remand extended for 14 days: Khadija Shah’s judicial remand extended for 10 days

♦ Power tariff climbs to whopping Rs59 per unit for domestic consumers

♦ Plea for hike in power prices under quarterly adjustment filed in Nepra

♦ Down track restored a day after fatal Hazara Express derailment in Nawabshah: 29 dead bodies identified so far and dispatched to their native towns

♦ Blast targeting bomb disposal squad kills couple in Waziristan

♦ Four die in dumper-coaster smash in Karachi

♦ Pakistani children at ‘extremely high risk’ of climate-change impacts, warns UN: Says three-quarters of children in South Asia face extreme heat

♦ Constable martyred in Peshawar terror hit

♦ LHC seeks reply on plea of Pervaiz Elahi’s wife

♦ Toxic gas claims lives of two Wasa employees in Lahore