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♦ Good news about hefty cut in electricity tariff soon, declares PM: Shehbaz Sharif says Pakistan cannot make progress unless inflation and power rates are not brought down

♦ Nation celebrates 78th Independence Day with zeal and fervour: PM Shehbaz performs flag-hoisting at Pakistan Monument: 31-gun salute in Islamabad and 21-gun salute in provincial capitals conducted: 500 drones at display at Independence Festival in federal capital

♦ Nishan-i-Pakistan for Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Shaheed as President announces awards

♦ Armed Forces felicitate nation on Independence Day

♦ US vows to deepen partnership with Pakistan: Secretary Blinken felicitates Pakistanis celebrating Independence Day today

♦ Punjab CM Maryam unfurls national flag at Lahore ceremony

♦ Minister Mohsin Naqvi congratulates nation on Independence Day

♦ Federal Cabinet rejects ECC’s decision to import 100,000MT urea: PM Shehbaz Sharif’s timely interference saved country Rs16 billion

♦ Ishaq Dar inaugurates 21 new Nadra registration centres in Balochisan

♦ Four women among five shot dead in Sialkot

♦ Police baton-charge, arrest tourists in Murree for rowdyism

♦ Taliban celebrate three years since takeover of Afghanistan: PM Akhund says Afghan govt has 'responsibility to maintain Islamic rule'

♦ Constable martyred in terror attack on Lower Dir checkpost

♦ Disappeared Bangladeshi lawyer recounts Hasina's secret jail

 ♦ Indian army captain killed in Occupied Kashmir clashes

♦ US approves $20 billion weapons package for Israel

♦ Unpopular Japan PM Kishida to step down