♦ A heartbreaking story of the Greece boat disaster survivor; People in Libya kept hungry and thirsty; If you lose your way, you are lost in the boat for 5 days
Agent Sajid Waraich took Rs2.2 million; Many colleagues separated, Mohammad Haseeb
♦ PM expresses resentment over inaction against human traffickers; orders bringing the accused to book at the earliest; Foreign media reports 350 Pakistanis were on the boat, They boarded the board from Libya; 104 people including 15 Pakistanis were rescued.
♦ Appeal for help to secure the release of Pak prisoners in Libya; Most of them belong to Azad Kashmir; Kashmiri youth went to Libya for a ‘better future’; Agents took the money and handed them over to Italian authorities
♦ Attempts to identify Pakistanis who died in the Greece boat accident; DNA samples obtained; Crackdown on human traffickers underway; So far 16 arrested in Lahore, 37 cases registered; 14 ‘agents’ arrested from Mirpur region
♦ CJP forms a nine-member bench to take up petitions for civilians’ trials in military courts; Justice Qazi Faiz and Justice Sardar Tariq were part of the bench.
♦ Justice Faiz Isa to become CJP on September 17; President has approved the appointment; Chief Justice Bandial retiring on September 16
♦ Money laundering case against Pervez Elahi'; court rejects request for physical remand of ex-CM; Judicial magistrate sends the former chief minister to jail;
♦ Punjab CM Mohsin Naqvi chairs a meeting to review progress on the ongoing projects in Lahore; Chief Minister's directive to complete the Sumanabad underpass at the earliest, he was briefed on the projects of the Elevated Expressway, CBD Main Boulevard project
♦ Benazir Bhutto Shaheed remembered as national marks her birthday; Bilawal reaches the Kakri Ground; FM and sister Asifa cut the cake; Bilawal says Jiyalas stood firm against dictators Zia and Musharraf; the ‘selected’ sent home through no-confidence; calls for concerted efforts to cope with challenges
♦ Sacrificial animals in cattle markets as Eidul Azha nearing; Rajanpuri Goats, Australian cows are the centre of attention in Lahore
♦ Zaka Ashraf rejects ‘hybrid model’; Matches between Nepal and Bhutan will be held in Pakistan; hybrid model with Pakistan is unfair
♦ Captain Babar Azam tops ODI rankings; Third position in T20 and fifth position in Tests; England's Joe Root tops Test ranking, followed by Kane Williamson, Marnus Libuschen, Indian player Surya Kumar Yadav's first number in T20