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National Assembly all set to elect Shehbaz Sharif as new PM today. The National Assembly is set to elect a new leader of the House on Monday (today) with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif as the hot favourite. The former ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has pitched Shah Mehmood Qureshi as its candidate for the prime minister.

National Opposition Alliance meeting to be held at 1pm today

Imran Khan directs PTI MNAs to cast vote for Shah Mehmood Qureshi 

The Lahore High Court (LHC) adjourned the hearing of the case relating to the election of the Punjab Chief Minister till 2pm on Monday (today), summoning the lawyers for both parties with further arguments. “Tell me why these elections are to be held on 16th? Why can’t they be held tomorrow?” LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti put a question to the lawyer for Punjab Assembly Speaker Ali Zafar.

The Islamabad high Court has rejected the petition seeking to put former prime minister Imran Khan’s name on Exit Control List and order for starting treason case proceedings against him over threat letter issue. The court while rejecting the plea, also imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on the petitioner for submitting a frivolous petition. Earlier, the Islamabad High Court reserved judgement on the maintainability of the petition.

FIA adds multiple companions of Imran Kahn in the Stop List including Azam Khan, Gohar Nafees, Dr Arslan, Shehbaz Gill, Tahir Khursheed, Amir Jan, Shehzad Akbar

Jahangir Khan Tareen will fly back to Pakistan from London on April 15

Courts adjourns money laundering case against father-son duo Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz till April 27 as FIA prosecution teams did not appear before the Court

Bullish trend witnessed at PSX as 100 Index up by 1,468 points

Opposition withdraws no-trust motion against KP CM

Two women die after being run over by bus in Manga Mandi

Three die after being hit by dumper in Lahore

Ahmed Rushdi 39nd death anniversary today