♦ Bangladesh moving closer to historic Test series win against Pakistan in Rawalpindi

♦ PM Shehbaz claims credit for single-digit inflation: Calls for redoubling efforts for economic stability and growth: Says govt working on IMF conditions for new loan programme

♦ CM Maryam puts departments on high alert for urban flooding

♦ Turkey appoints Irfan Nazir Oglu as new ambassador to Pakistan: Expected to assume his duties by end of this month; Outgoing ambassador Dr Mehmet Pacaci to assume new role at OIC Headquarters

♦ Pakistan Navy to induct two warships on Defence Day

♦ Exclusive footage reveals comfortable jail life of double murderer Natasha Danish: Natasha Danish shows no remorse for crushing daughter and father in jail, living comfortably with cosy bedding and inmates.

♦ Bridge connecting over 10 villages swept away by floodwaters in Hasan Abdal: Villages cut off from city; Children’s education disrupted; Residents forced to cross canal waters; Safety concerns rise

♦ Loan sharks abduct 3-year-old sick girl over unpaid Rs5,000 interest in ♦ Hafizabad: Police arrest kidnappers including woman; recover sick girls; case registered

♦ Faisalabad police recover young boy within 12 hours, arrest two abductors

♦ Students among 11 die as China school bus crashes into crowd

♦ International pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire: Britain threatens to suspend arms exports to Jewish state

♦ Rescue mission underway for oil ship off Yemen

♦ Pope arrives in Muslim-majority Indonesia to start Asia-Pacific tour

♦ Australia sees record August temperatures, second-warmest winter