♦ Security personnel deployed after CDA sealed PTI office in Islamabad: FIR registered against those who resorted to aerial firing: Azam Tarar, Shibli Faraz trade barbs in Senate

♦ Bulls toss Pakistan Stock Exchange index to historic high of 76,000

♦ PM Shehbaz invites Chinese firm to invest in mining sector

♦ Interior Minister Naqvi secures release of 43 Pakistani prisoners from Sri Lanka

♦ IMF, Pakistan make ‘significant progress’ towards new loan programme: Global lender says country's reform programme also broadly outlined in its statement: IMF and Pakistan authorities will continue policy discussions virtually

♦ KP govt leaves Centre behind, presents Rs1700b annual budget today: Budget proposes 15-20 percent rise in salaries, loans of Rs10 billion to youth, increase in BRT fares, Advisor raises question about provincial financial autonomy

♦ K-Electric proposes Rs10.69 per unit increase in tarrif

♦ 171 more students reach Quetta from Kyrgyzstan

♦ Several flights cancelled from Karachi Airport

♦ Section 144 imposed in Peshawar for 30 days to curb dengue

♦ Mines, unexploded ordnance a daily menace for Afghanistan's children

♦ US imposes visa restrictions, reviewing cooperation with Georgia

♦ Top UN court to rule on South Africa Gaza ceasefire bid

♦ Don't expect UN peacekeepers to stop wars, chief tells AFP

♦ Czech president in hospital after motorbike crash