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♦ Bomb targeting polio vaccinators kills seven including 5 schoolchildren, cop in Mastung: Acting president, PM resolve to root out terrorism: Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemns blast

♦ PM Shehbaz invites Qatari businessmen to invest in Pakistan’s energy sector

♦ Supreme Court (Practice & Procedure) Amendment Ordinance laid in Senate

♦ NA speaker calls Bilawal to inquire after President Zardari’s health

♦ Naqvi sets rapid construction timeline for Serena and F-8 interchanges in Islamabad: Serena and F-8 interchanges foundation stone laying set for November 5; Mohsin Naqvi announces new interchange projects to be completed in months, not years

♦ Parachinar crisis deepens as main highway closure enters third week, 14 sick kids dead: Residents confined amid shortages of medicines, food, and fuel; Internet and schools shut down; Sit-in launched for road reopening; Deputy Commissioner says talks with peace delegation continue

♦ Lahore with AQI 220 emerges as world’s second most polluted city: LHC orders crackdown on long vehicles plying on city roads

♦ India's capital chokes in smog after firework ban flouted

♦ Lover jumps to death after spotted by girl’s family in Nawabshah

♦ TikTok bandits terrorise, transfix Pakistan riverlands

♦ Lewis run blitz leads West Indies to big victory over England

♦ Sundar takes two as New Zealand reach 92-3 in third Test

♦ Four ‘criminals’ killed in shootouts with police in Karachi

♦ US envoys in Israel to seek Lebanon truce plan

♦ Fresh strikes hit south Beirut after Israeli evacuation calls

♦ Harris blasts 'offensive' Trump for remarks on women