Gaza/Syria/Lebanon – The Israeli army said on Tuesday that its air force has hit what it calls several Hezbollah targets in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon. ​ 

GAZA/JERUSALEM – More than 70 people were killed across Gaza including Palestinians gathered near an aid distribution centre run by the controversial Israel-US-backed GHF. ​ 

Six including four children die in KP Two madrasa students die, 12 injured in Bahawalnagar Man dies, three injured in Hyderabad n Another spell of heavy rains most likely from today: PMD. ​ 

KARACHI – Federal Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb on Monday addressed a press conference in Karachi, ex-pressing confidence in Pakistan’s economic trajectory and emphasising the pivotal role of banks in national development. ​ 

WASHINGTON – The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress will hold a hearing to examine the alleged repression of political opposition in Pakistan, according to an announcement posted on the Commission’s official website yesterday. ​ 

ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi has urged bar representatives to sensitize their respective bar associations about the ongoing developments and to proactively engage in judicial reform initiatives. ​ 

ISLAMABAD – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative for Pakistan Mahir Binici has said that the country’s performance under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) has been strong so far and expressed the hope that its economic growth would strengthen this year. ​ 

LAHORE/ PESHAWAR – Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday suggested that there should be a change in the PTI-led Khyber Pakht¬un¬khwa government, adding that it would be better if the change came from within the ruling party amid reports of possible efforts afoot to bring a “regime. ​ 

GAZA – Medical sources in Gaza said Saturday that at least 108 Palestinians were martyred, including 34 aid seekers, in Israeli attacks in the besieged enclave since dawn. ​ 

DG KHAN / ISLAMABAD/QUETTA – The bodies of nine people who were martyred by unidentified armed men in the Sur-Dakai area on the border between Balochistan’s Zhob and Loralai districts late Thursday night were received in Dera Ghazi KHAN on Friday morning. ​