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♦ Sarfraz saved the Karachi Test; Second Test a draw after an interesting contest; Pakistan scored 304 runs for 9 wickets in a target of 319 runs; match ended three overs early due to low light; Sarfraz Ahmed's brilliant 118 runs; Babar Azam scored 27 runs, Imamul Haq 12 runs, and Shan Masood 35 runs; Saud Shakeel scored 32 and Agha Salman scored 30

♦ Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed's response to critics; Brilliant comeback after 4 years; 3 fifties in the series, one century; Sarfaraz declared Player of the Match, Player of the Series 

♦Desire to score a century at home ground fulfilled, says Sarfraz; This is the best century of my career; After 2 wickets fell, the match became difficult, Sarfaraz Ahmad

♦ PM takes a dig at Imran Khan, describing Imran as a hypocrite and unthankful person; How General Bajwa came forward to help Imran has been shown; General Bajwa tried to advance Pakistan; the Previous government neglected gas, and electricity projects; Imran Khan had nothing to do with the people of Pakistan

♦ Terrorists cannot demoralise Pakistani people; says Prime Minister; They will not hesitate to sacrifice for the sake of protecting the country; A meeting on the national security under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister; joint efforts to eradicate terrorism

♦ Prime Minister's visit to the house of martyr Naveed Sadiq, offers condolence; says Fatiha; Announces awarding the martyrs Naveed Sadiq and Nasir Abbas 

♦ Imran Khan did not refrain from tirade against state organs; Targets Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court after General (R) Bajwa, alleges Justice Amir Farooq's role in PTI cases is not neutral; A decision to call an early seminar on the role of the Islamabad High Court was also made

♦ New innings of old political players; Jehangir Khan Tarin, Chaudhary Sarwar's entry into politics; Jehangir Tareen and Ch Sarwar consider whether to join a party or not 

♦ President sent back the bill, and the government come up with a solution; government should call a joint session of Parliament next week; Islamabad Local Body Amendment Bill will be approved again and sent to him; If the president does not sign it within 10 days, the bill will become an act

♦ MQM stands firm in favour of the demands; Announces protest on January 9; gears up mass contact campaign; Invites PML-N, ANP and PML-F to joint protest 

♦ Sindh Governor meet Afaq Ahmed; presents proposal regarding a merger in MQM; Afaq says will not show flexibility on ideological differences; Afaq Ahmed is with Khalid, Farooq Sattar, Mustafa Kamal, Afaq Ahmed Jaldmal will be taken onboard, says Kamran

♦ Girl who went from Karachi to Lahore and married her lover wants to go with her parents; Sindh High Court's order to hand over the girl to parents; Husband Zaheer Ahmed's application rejected

♦Flour prices hit record high; For the first time, a 20 kg bag reached Rs3,000; One kg is sold at Rs150 in Karachi; Rs2880 for a 20 kg bag in Hyderabad, 2700 in Quetta, In Peshawar, a bag of 20 kg flour being sold for Rs2,650;  Sharp surged in weekly inflation rate

♦ Sindh Cabinet fixes price of sugarcane at Rs302 per 40kg; Approves crushing season start from 20th November; Provincial cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sindh; 

♦ Law and order in Karachi still a problem; Firing in Gulshan Iqbal coaching centre claims student’s life; A 13-year-old student shot and killed a fellow student; Yesterday some students had a fight and today a youth came with other boys and opened fire, say police

♦ Passenger bus fell into a ditch, 5 people die in AJK road accident; Many people were injured

♦ Country under the grip of the cold wave; mercury in Gilgit is minus 6 and minus 2 in Quetta; Temperature in Islamabad is 0 degrees Celsius, in Lahore it is 4 degrees Celsius; 2 degrees Celsius in Peshawar and 11 degrees Celsius in Karachi; Faisalabad recorded mercury of 3 degrees Celsius, Multan recorded 4 degrees Celsius

♦ Rain forecast  in upper regions of the country from tomorrow; Rain forecast in Quetta, Zhob, Barkhan, and Ziarat from 7th to 9th January; Snow is expected in Murree, Guliyat, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan

♦ 9th anniversary of national hero Aitzaz Hassan; brave youth saved his fellow students by sacrificing his life

♦ extremism in Modi's Gujarat; claims of freedom of expression exposed again

Extremists demand a ban on Shah Rukh Khan’s movie Pathaan; Posters of the film were torn apart;  the film is set to release on January 25; mobsters attack Ahmadabad mall, threaten staff

♦ Modi’s personnel surprised after watching Pakistani flag and balloons in an Indian village; Lahore Bar Association released balloons during the sports gala; Balloons and flag landed in an Indian village; Indian agencies and police in action; Indian media repeats the history of airing propaganda 

♦ Volcano in the US state of Hawaii sounds alarm; Lava and ash pouring out, warnings to nearby populations