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♦ 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

♦ 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

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

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

♦ Karachi LG polls will not be delayed at any cost: CEC: ECP reserves verdict on MQM’s petition challenging voters’ lists

♦ 5 people dead in road accident in Azad Kashmir

♦ Karachi woman shot dead during street robbery

♦ Child tortured to death for plucking a sugarcane

♦ 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

♦ New Zealand eye victory as Pakistan slide to 125-5 in 2nd Test