♦ USA thrash Canada by seven wickets in T20 World Cup opener

♦ Punjab CM Maryam approves Lahore Development Project

♦ Interior Minister orders issuance of urgent passports to overseas Pakistanis in seven days: Mohsin Naqvi says normal passports will be issued in 30 days: Sets up monitoring cell at Passport and NADRA offices in London

♦ Unity is the key if Pakistan wants to lift T20 World Cup, says Babar Azam

♦ Several flights at Karachi’s Jinnah Int’l Airport cancelled

♦ Firefighters finally manage to extinguish flames in forest on Margallah Hills

♦ Shutter down strike against murder of JUI leader observed in Dukki

♦ Four people shot dead over land dispute in Jampur

♦ Bakery sealed in Islamabad for using hatched eggs in sweets

♦ Young boy dies after falling from train in Pattoki

♦ NDMA invites bids to buy water-bomber aircraft to combat forest fires

♦ Karachi education board fails to stop cheating mafia in matric exams

♦ Hyderabad cylinder blast toll rises to 10

♦ Top Modi opponent to return to jail after India vote ends

♦ Kuwait emir names former PM as new crown prince

♦ Mediators urge Israel, Hamas to accept Gaza truce plan

♦ Tehran summons Swedish envoy over 'spiteful accusations'

♦ China probe successfully lands on far side of Moon

♦ China warns of 'limits' to Beijing's restraint on South China Sea: Defence chief says China is ready to 'forcefully' stop Taiwan independence