♦ Mission economic revival, SIFC Apex Committee meets with PM Kakar in chair; Army Chief, Chief Ministers, cabinet members show up at moot; Briefing on barriers to investment; Prime Minister’s go ahead to remove hurdles; industrial development imperative;

♦ Crackdown on power pilferers, Jail or a heavy fine for thieves; 67 connections disconnected in Balochistan; 40 cases in Mardan, 2 electricity thieves arrested in Peshawar; 300 illegal connections cut in Sukkur; In Kabirwala, League leader involved in electricity theft; 23 thieves caught in Gujranwala; Lineman arrested in Narowal

♦ Yet another shock to power consumers; electricity tariff goes up by Rs 1 46 paise per unit

♦ Dollar value decreases; currency rates  reduced to Rs302.95 in interbank; Rs304 in open market; Gold price falls to Rs 212, 500 per tola

♦ FIA refers 13 big names involved in sugar scam; Punjab sends details of dealers to Centre; efforts on to control commodity cost

♦ Date of elections should be announced, demands Bilawal Bhutto; says puppeteers go to know it does not work anymore; elected reps be accepted: Some politicians having a tough time

♦ Parvez Elahi sent 14-day  judicial remand; request for physical remand cancelled

♦ Election Commission preparation for general elections; Election Management System ready for election results; Initiation of election staff training on election management system

♦ Health facilities for all in Punjab; Meeting on upgrading hospitals chaired by CM; OPDs, indoor wards of hospitals will be upgraded; allied health hospitals will also be improved

♦ Pak Navy Day marked: a tribute to Navy heroes; In just 4 minutes, Indian Naval Base gutted

♦ G20 Summit in India; Criticism of Modi for feeding the chiefs in golden vessels; Tibetans protests in New Delhi; India ranks 107th in Global Hunger Index

♦ Asia Cup becomes Rain Cup; Jay Shah playing politics, plaguing cricket; Heavy rains, matches not shifted from Colombo; Sunil Gavaskar and Harbhajan Singh left the Indian board; Vikrant Gupta comes down hard on Jayshaw and BCCI

♦  Decision to have a reserve day for the India-Pakistan match; arch-rivals to be in the field on Sunday

♦ Environment-friendly project of Ravi Urban Development  Authority; Construction work in industrial zone going on; Plantation campaign to combat environmental pollution

♦  Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II; Events to pay homage to the late Queen

♦ Trailer of movie 'Spy Kids: Armageddon' released