♦ PML-N, MQM-P leaders enter into talks on govt formation: Nawaz Sharif welcomes MQM-P delegation led by Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui at Jati Umra

♦ Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal stay in Lahore with an intent to win political race

♦ More independents come into PML-N’s fold

♦ ECP bars RO from issuing final result of NA-15 Mansehra

♦ PPP newly-elected MNA arrested in Khairpur

♦ PPP’s Manzoor Wassan foresees independent winner as country’s new prime minister

♦ Cheena group of MPAs to meet in Lahore to discuss govt formation

♦ CM Naqvi reviews expansion work at Darbar Pak Daman shrine in Lahore

♦ Police officer among three killed in Larkana tribal clash

♦ 12-camel convoy loaded with 852kg hashish seized in Gwadar

♦ Two die as dumper crushes rickshaw in Raiwind

♦ Deaths 28,064 as Israel promises 'safe passage' to Palestinians in Rafah

♦ Three UAE soldiers and a Bahraini officer killed in Somalia attack

♦ King Charles thanks well-wishers after cancer diagnosis

♦ India deploys more forces in Uttarakhand after mosque razing triggers violence

♦ Trump threatens to 'encourage' attack of NATO members behind on payments

♦ Qatar beat Jordan to retain Asian Cup with Afif hat-trick