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♦ Cabinet okays termination of contracts with five IPPs: Step to save consumers Rs60 billion; national exchequer Rs411 billion annually: PM Shehbaz says govt will revisit agreements with other IPPs also: Praises IPPs owners for voluntarily ending their contracts with govt

♦ Grand Peace Jirga in Peshawar: CM Gandapur, Faisal Kundi, Mohsin Naqvi participate

♦ Reforms key to Pakistan's economic recovery, poverty reduction: World Bank: Bank raises South Asia growth forecast to 6.4% on India demand, quicker recoveries in Pakistan: Projected Pakistan’s economy to grow by 2.8% in current fiscal year

♦ 27 agreements will be signed during Pakistan visit, says Saudi minister: Addresses Pakistan-Saudi Investment Forum in Islamabad: Says Army Chief Gen Asim assured them that red-tape matters will be replaced by red-carpet welcome: Pak-Saudi friendship has no limits: Aurangzeb lists country’s recent economic gains: Says Pakistan at good place on economic front and open for business

♦ Gen Asim Munir assures full support to Saudi delegation

♦ Pakistan urges UN to take action on India's nuclear material theft incidents

♦ Islamabad High Court orders desealing of KP House in federal capital

♦ IHC's Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb suffers from dengue

♦ KP CM Gandapur fires his information adviser Barrister Saif

♦ Nawaz, Bilawal discuss proposed constitutional amendments

♦ India to build two nuclear-powered attack submarines

♦ Minister Naqvi reviews arrangements for SCO Summit

♦ Wedding halls, restaurants may be shut down during SCO Summit in Islamabad

♦ SC suspends re-election in PB-45, reinstates PPP's Ali Madad Jatak as MPA

♦ IMF rep in Pakistan acknowledges improvement in country’s economy

♦ Financial loss grows as 8 of 33 airports in Pakistan remain non-operational

♦ Paucity of funds dents PTI’s political activities

♦ Two cops martyred in terrorist attack on Tank police van

♦ FO advises foreign diplomats to restrict their movements during SCO summit

♦ Sit-in by Kokikhel tribesmen near Jamrud tests people’s patience

♦ President Zardari to pay a two-day visit to Turkmenistan from today

♦ Monster Hurricane Milton makes landfall, walloping coast of Florida

♦ Three shot dead over old enmity in Tandlianwala

♦ Several flights called off again at Karachi Airport

♦ Cricket captain Fatima Sana’s father passes away in Karachi

♦ Pakistan at 52-4 after Brook triple hundred takes England to 823-7