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◼️ Low-lying areas of Karachi inundated by rainwater: Shahrah-e-Faisal, Saddar, Shah Faisal, Jinnah International Airport, Malir, North Karachi, Sohrab Goth are among affected areas. 36.09 mm of rain was recorded in Surjani

◼️ K-Electric system collapses as winter’s first rain falls in Karachi. Man electrocuted in Korangi Bilal Colony

◼️ Strong westerly wave is affecting most parts of country, may persist till Sunday causing heavy snowfall in Balochistan and KP

◼️ Pakistan Army carries out rescue operation in Balochistan after heavy rain   

◼️ Seven die as blaze destroys house in Pir Mahal

◼️ Supreme Court bars cantonment boards from sealing private schools

◼️ SHC suspends recruitment notification on 21,310 posts on MQM petition 

◼️ JI protest sit-in continues in Karachi despite rain

◼️ PPP CEC meeting today in Lahore

◼️ Bilawal lashes out at PM Imran Khan after foreign funding case report revealed   

◼️ Former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 94th birth anniversary today

◼️ PM bans ministers from meeting foreign ambassadors

◼️ Another 124 people infected with omicron variant in Karachi

◼️ Imran Khan said UNSC commitment of an UN-supervised plebiscite in Kashmir remains unfulfilled as Hindutva Modi govt brazenly violates UNSC resolutions

◼️ Indian army martyred another three youth in Occupied Kashmir 

◼️ President Arif Alvi reiterated for free and fair plebiscite in Kashmir 

◼️ Ambulance plunges into river in Dir Bala killing two women and two girls

◼️ Saudi Arabia places ban on back-to-back Umrah; now pilgrims have to wait for 10 days to perform second Umrah 

◼️ Kazakhstan President sacked his PM and cabinet  

◼️ Bangladesh crush New Zealand to score historic Test win

◼️ Spider-Man spinoff ‘Moribus’ delays release date by three months