♦ Gilani, Syedal take oath after being elected Senate chairman, deputy unopposed: 41 newly-elected members sworn in amid boycott by PTI members

♦ Rival committees meet today for Eid moon-sighting

♦ Early Eid Mubarak for investors at Pakistan Stock Exchange

♦ US urges Pakistan, India not to escalate tensions over ‘assassinations of Pakistanis’: State Department spokesman says Washington won’t ‘get in the middle’

♦ PM Shehbaz vows to expand network of Danish Schools to Balochistan, KP, GB, AJK

♦ PDMA predicts stormy rains during Eid holidays

♦ Unidentified assailants shoot ASI dead in Peshawar

♦ FBR officers barred from social media

♦ France, Egypt, Jordan warn Israel against Rafah assault: Israel deploys C-Dome defence system for the first time: Hamas, Israel discuss Gaza truce

♦ PCB chairman approves squad for New Zealand series