- No plan to scrap 18th Amendment, FM Qureshi assures Senate Opposition finds national leadership, uniform policy against pandemic missing at a crucial time.
- Centre, Sindh threaten to reimpose lockdown Cabinet takes notice of SOP violations; Toll tops 730.
- Pakistan’s outbreak would’ve been worse had PPP or PML-N been in govt: Andleeb Shahid Khaqan Abbasi claims govt has “fought with every province”, does not have a strategy.
- Sindh govt spends about Rs1bn on procuring ventilators, other equipment Official says $4m had already been spent for placing orders to import different equipment and healthcare machinery.
- Asad briefs sugar scam probe body on ECC, cabinet decisions Tells media commission’s report to be finalised soon, will determine if sugar was “smuggled” or not.
- Army asks Iran to observe principle of non-interference Army chiefs from both sides “resolved to enhance security measures on either side of the border.”
- Two suspects killed in ‘encounter’ on Karachi’s outskirts Senior official says police were acting on intelligence reports.
- Another judge refuses to hear Chaudhrys’ pleas This is the second time a judge has been replaced on the panel.
- Punjab Assembly resolution for conditional inclusion of Ahmadis in minorities commission Community to be included if chief “submits in writing that they accept the Constitution, their status as non-Muslims.”
- Minister says schools in Sindh not reopening soon despite pressure from associations Students from class one to eight will be promoted to next level.
- 379 repatriated Pakistanis test positive for virus Test results of 760, who arrived from Dubai in Faisalabad and Multan on May 10, are still awaited.
- Returning looted money of Modaraba scam victims NAB’s top priority: Iqbal Mufti Ehsanul Haq, his nine other accomplices convicted in the scam, meeting told.
- Pharmacists seek probe into drug import from India ‘Therapeutic goods’ made part of summary seeking import of cancer meds, allowing for import of vitamins, other drugs.
- Vaccines, treatments still a bridge too far, says US expert Dr Fauci says Remdesivir showed “significant, but modest” results.
- Palestinian kills Israeli soldier in West Bank ahead of annexation talks Palestinian security sources say clashes erupted overnight when Israeli forces raided the village.
- China suspends penalties on more US goods in trade truce Tariff increases on 79 types of goods including radar sets, disinfectant and rare earth minerals will be suspended.
- Tours by Australia, England will help Pakistan re-emerge as strong cricketing nation: Sangakkara “MCC tour to Pakistan is the first step among many that should be taken to restore top-level cricket in the country.”
- Shoaib’s lawyer terms Tafazzul’s defamation notice as ‘invalid’ Shoaib Akhtar has been served with a legal notice for saying that PCB’ legal adviser was incompetent.
- Miandad backs idea to resume cricket behind closed doors “Today’s world has changed, so we need to adapt to this change and think differently.”
