• Punjab to announce Rs 2.653 trillion today
• G7 summit: World leaders promise 1b coronavirus vaccine doses for poorer nations
• FO rejects claims about sending Pakistani mangoes as a gift to other countries
• PML-N supports overseas Pakistanis’ representation in parliament: Ahsan Iqbal
• FIA officers being transferred under the rotation policy
• Govt proposes to slap Rs10b taxes on salaried class
• PML-N accuses govt of imposing presidential system
• Bilawal likens imposition of nearly Rs400bn taxes in the budget to ‘tyranny’
• Court directs Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees to withdraw transfer of officers
• Primary, middle schools closed in summer zones due to rising temperatures
• KP receives a limited quantity of Pfizer vaccine
• PMA to stage protests in districts against National Licencing Examination
• Twin cities hit by strong winds
• 50pc vaccine-eligible residents inoculated in Islamabad
• Youth shot dead by ‘drunk’ cop over a trifle in Lahore
• Sindh govt employees to get 25pc pay raise in the budget: CM Murad
• Pakistan to host G1 Taekwondo Championship in November
• Netanyahu ousted, Bennett Israel’s new prime minister
• NATO countries should forge stronger policy toward increasingly dominant China: Stoltenberg
• Malaysia deports conspiracy theorist wanted in France
• New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern criticizes mosque attacks film amid backlash
• ‘Network’ and ‘Superman’ actor Ned Beatty passes away at 83
• ‘Quiet Place’ grabs top spot at North American box office once again
• Crude oil rose 29 cents to $71.20 a barrel
• Gold fell $13.75 to $1,865.85 an ounce
• 100 Index is up 623 points at 48928
• Dollar remained unchanged at Rs 15595 in the interbank market
COVID-19 Updates:
• Pakistan continues to report coronavirus positivity ratio below 2.6%
• With 1,019 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours
• 1,549 people have been recovered in the past 24 hours
• The total death tally of Covid-19 stands at 21,723
• 41,726 coronavirus cases are active in the country
• Over 175.6 million are infected globally
• More than 3.7 million have died due to the virus
• Over 127.2 million recovered from COVID-19
• ‘Unicef to continue supporting Pakistan in fighting the pandemic’
• Sindh records 580 Covid cases, 7 deaths
