♦ Cabinet okays 15% raise in salaries, 5% in pensions: Income tax slabs reduced from 10 to seven
♦ Govt to unveil Rs9.5 trillion budget with whopping Rs4.8tr deficit: Rs800 billion earmarked for federal development expenditures, Rs1,523b for defence and Rs3.9tr set aside for debt repayment: Provinces will get Rs4.2tr: Rs580b reserved for subsidies: Luxury tax to be imposed on big houses, farms houses: Custom duty on edible oil expected to be raised from 2% to 6%: Cabinet approves budget
♦ Budget proposes to disallow excessive dollar purchase: 1% tax suggested on use of credit card payments: Budget proposes to reduce tax slabs to seven from 10
♦ Military again seeks no extra funds in defence budget
♦ Ghee, cooking oil prices go up before budget
♦ Jittery Pakistani rupee slumps against US dollar heavily, loses Rs1.73
♦ IG, DC Islamabad, secretary submit reports in Supreme Court which hold Imran Khan responsible for violence during PTI long march: Ignoring court orders, workers carrying batons entered Red Zone
♦ Family rushes to Dubai as Musharraf’s health worsens
♦ Court orders medical examination of Dr Amir Liaquat’s body: Police earlier bar Chhipa morgue from handing over Aamir Liaquat’s body to anyone
♦ Rangers, FC, police deployed outside Parliament House as govt employees stage a protest in support of their demands
♦ PTI leaders rush for bails after court issues arrest warrants: Non-bailable arrest warrants issued by ATC as govt decides to arrest PTI leaders: Hammad Azhar, Shafqat Mahmood, Mehmoodur Rasheed, Ejaz Chaudhry, Murad Raas, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Mian Aslam Iqbal, others face arrest: Fawad Ch says Modi’s business partners getting terrorism cases registered against PTI leaders
♦ Intense loadshedding persists as shortfall reaches 5,899 MW
♦ LHC disposes of harassment plea of Dua Zahra’s in-laws after girl appears in court
♦ Two cops martyred in Swabi in firing by drug peddler
♦ Two brothers shot dead by third over property row in Lahore
♦ Wildlife in danger as fire in Muzaffarabad forest engulfs zoo: Seven forest dept employees injured while battling blaze in AJK’s Smahni area: Five cattle burnt to death, three houses gutted in blaze near Jand, Attock
♦ Pakistan elect to bat after winning toss against West Indies in second ODI in Multan
♦ New Zealand cricket captain Williamson tests coronavirus positive
♦ Saudi Arabia extends $30 million grant to Afghanistan
♦ Ukrainian forces 'holding on' in key Donbas battles