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♦ President Alvi sits on govt summary for convening joint session: Govt wants to table Local Govt (Amendment) Bill in joint session next week

♦ PM urges timely CPEC completion in call to Chinese counterpart: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a telephonic conversation with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wherein he emphasized Pakistan’s unswerving focus on timely progress of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects

♦ SC fixes for hearing Imran Khan’s plea against NAB amendments

♦ Oxygen-mask wearing Shahbaz Gill once again skips indictment: Reaches court in ambulance: Court to charge the PTI leader now on January 20

♦ SHC gives interim custody of Karachi girl to her parents: Custody awarded after seeking girl’s consent: Judge says trial court will decide about permanent custody: Asks father to pay Rs1mn surety bond and report to child bureau office every week

♦ Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah chairs cabinet meeting which fixed the price of sugarcane at Rs302 per maund, approves crushing from November 20. Cabinet also approves reduction in sentence of 9 prisoners convicted by the Anti-Terrorism Court

♦ Karachi woman shot dead during street robbery

♦ 5 people dead in road accident in Azad Kashmir

♦ New spell of snowfall, rain set to hit upper KP districts: PDMA instructs authorities to highlight precautionary measures for public

♦ Fog brings to halt vehicular movement on many sections of motorway

♦ US in crisis amid once-in-a-century political standoff: Republic favourite McCarthy fails for third consecutive day to win House speakership: Offers sweeping concessions to 20 Republican hardliners

♦ Defeat staring in face in Karachi Test as Pakistan score 125 runs for five wickets at lunch