♦ PM Kakar pledges to announce new plan within 48 hours over inflated power bills; Decides stern actions against electricity theft, end free units to public servants  

♦ Countrywide protests from Karachi to Khyber being held over inflated electricity bills on second consecutive day: People from Lahore, Norowal, Bahawalpur, Multan and Kotli Azad Kashmir come out on streets to register their protest

♦ JI announces countrywide wheel jam strike on Sep 2

♦ Widespread destruction caused as India releases water into River Sutlej: Bahawalnagar, Hasilpur, Vehari, Luddan, Arifwala, Chishtian emerge as worst affected areas

♦ Afghanistan-based terrorist groups like TTP pose serious threat to neighbouring countries: UN

♦ PTI Karachi holds rally for release of Imran Khan, 55 workers arrested

♦ Imran Khan provided all facilities as per jail rules: IG Prisons; Claims PTI chairman expresses satisfaction over facilities

♦ Disappeared brother of PTI's Shehzad Akbar reached home

♦ Balochistan govt selects names of six ministers to induct in cabinet

♦ PTI leading in LG by-elections on 65 vacant seats in 21 districts of KPK 

♦ Pakistani doctor sentenced to 18 years in US prison for bid to help ISIS

♦ Imran Khan distances himself from May 9 incidents again: JIT interrogated PTI chairman in six cases for 30 minutes

♦ LHC drops Dr Yasmin Rashid’s bail case after fixing for hearing

♦ Caretaker PM summons SIFC apex committee meeting tomorrow

♦ PM reiterates vow to improve higher education in line with int’l standards

♦ Ministry of Law and Justice condemns social media campaign launched by a political party against Islamabad High Court Chief Justice: Says political parties should refrain from attacking country's institutions

♦ IHCBA condemns malicious campaign against chief Justice Amir Farooq

♦ CTD in KP arrests terrorist involved in attack on ex-MPA

♦ PM pledges to use all resources to resolve Balochistan issues

♦ Five suspects in maid Fatima murder case released: Hina Shah, prime suspect’s wife, still at large

♦ Death of Rawat teen girl turns out to be rape-cum-murder by stepbrother

♦ Cop steals money during search operation in Lahore

♦ Clash on disputed land claims two lives in Islamabad

♦ Two miners die in coal mine blast at Darra Adam Khel

♦ Girl thief steals motorbike in Gujranwala

♦ Two young girls drown in Qambar pond

♦ Two dead in separate incidents of violence in Hafizabad, Sialkot

♦ South Africa women’s cricket team arrives in Karachi for first Pakistan tour

♦ Florida gunman driven by racial 'hate' kills 3: authorities

♦ Three US Marines dead in air crash during Australia drills: US officials

♦ US plea proposal for 9/11 suspects splits victims' relatives

♦ Key Johnson ally resigns with scathing attack on British PM

♦ Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa wins second term in disputed vote

♦ Hundreds flee floods as super typhoon brushes past Philippines

♦ Fires in Canada's north force another town to evacuate

♦ Happy divorce: Egyptian woman celebrates separation, distributes gold gifts

♦ Asia Cup match: Pakistan team reach Multan to play against Nepal

♦ Pakistani cricket team’s new kit for Asia Cup to be unveiled tomorrow

♦ Nepal's Lamichhane rape trial delayed, heads to Asia Cup

♦ Saudi Arabia to host CAF Super Cup