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♦ Smog to persist in Punjab plains in November and December, warns NEOC: Lahore, with AQI 781, again ranked as world’s most-polluted city

♦ All schools shut down across Punjab

♦ Finance minister briefs IMF team on economic headway: Aurangzeb welcomes IMF Mission Chief Nathan Porter to Finance Ministry; Ali Pervaiz Malik, SBP Governor, and FBR Chairman join talks

♦ Govt pays back Rs792 billion in loan in September 2024, says SBP

♦ 54 FIRs registered against Imran Khan in Punjab, LHC told

♦ PM Shehbaz attends COP29 summit in Baku today

♦ Bilawal forms legislative committee for parliamentary affairs

♦ Mohsin Naqvi announces Islamabad roads to be named after martyrs of terrorism

♦ Pakistan opposes additional permanent seats in UN Security Council

♦ China's largest air show takes off with stealth fighter jets, attack drones

♦ China, Russia must fight US 'containment': security chief

♦ Trump picks China hawk for crucial national security role: President-elect is set to name Marco Rubio secretary of state

♦ Car sales accelerate in Pakistan

♦ Three international flights delayed at Lahore Airport

♦ Several int’l, domestic flights called off at Karachi Airport

♦ Bus develops fault, crushes two to death in Lahore

♦ Freight train derails near Naushehro Feroze

♦ Three die in car-trawler collision in Shikarpur

♦ Man shot dead by father- & brother-in-law in Abbottabad

♦ Man shot dead by friend after a tiff in Narowal

♦ Pakistani stars to shine in inaugural Lanka T10 Super League