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♦ Shehbaz Sharif becomes 23rd Prime Minister; 174 MPs voted for Shehbaz; Not a single vote was casted for Shah Mehmood Qureshi; PTI boycotted the election of PM; Soon after the announcement of Shehbaz Sharif becoming the new premier, the parliament was uproar with slogans; Shehbaz expresses his gratitude to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Asif Ali Zardari and other allied parties; Maryam Nawaz and Hamza Shehbaz were present at the guests’ gallery

♦ On becoming the prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced a big relief package; The minimum monthly wage has been fixed at Rs25,000; Pension has been increased by 10 per cent; The salary of the employees, who earn Rs100,000 has been increased by 10 per cent; Shehbaz announces to provide cheaper flour in markets across the country; Shehbaz announces to facilitate the poor with Benazir Health Card; Also announces to give laptop and education to youth; Shehbaz terms himself Khadam-e-Pakistan’

♦ Shehbaz Sharif has made a big announcement over the alleged letter of conspiracy; Shehbaz says that the PTI-led government was lying continuously over the letter; Shehbaz said heads of the Pak forces, ISI Director General, Foreign Secretary, Pakistani ambassador to the US who has been transferred after sending this letter by the previous government should be called in the in-camera meeting

♦ Reality or excuse; President Arif goes on leave due to illness; Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani takes oath from Shehbaz Sharif of PM

♦ Bilawal Bhutto Zardari greeted Shehbaz Sharif for becoming the Prime Minister; Bilawal says that they are many challenges for Shehbaz ahead; Bilawal says that by removing the selected premier in a democratic way, the opposition has fulfilled its promise; Bilawal says that the next steps are to bring electoral reforms, fight for the freedom of democracy, and bring prosperity for everybody

♦ PTI’s members have decided to tender their resignations from the National Assembly; Arif Alvi consults their legal team over tendering his resignation; Imran Khan has also submitted his resignation as a MNA; Governor Sindh Imran Ismail and Governor Shah Farman also tendered their resignation

♦ Deputy Speaker reached the parliament to conduct the speech of Shah Mehmood Qureshi; Soon after Shah Mehmood Qureshi completed his speech, Qasim Suri left the hair of Speaker; Ayaz Sadiq took over the chair and held voting for the election of PM; When Ayaz Sadiq invited Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to make speech, Deputy Speaker came back and adjourned the session

♦ The Election Commission has announced the delimitation schedule for the National and Provincial Assemblies for the general elections; No new administrative unit will be formed anywhere in the country. Zoning committees for all provinces will be formed by April 16, 2022

♦ This is not the old Muslim League; If any attempt is made to spread sedition, they will be dealt with iron hands, Maryam Nawaz warned PTI; She says she will not take revenge, there will be accountability

♦ Action will be taken against corrupt people; Elections will be held according to our will; Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's announcement; Khawaja Asif says that the economy needs to be fixed and corruption will be stopped in the country

♦ The economy is the biggest challenge; The new government will have to renegotiate the IMF agreement; PPP Senator Saleem Mandviwalla talked to 24NewsHD TV channel; There is no problem in re-negotiating with IMF

♦ Fight between Nighat Orakzai and Provincial Minister Anwar Zeb in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; CM KP, himself played his role to stop the fight between Nighat Orakzai and Provincial Minister Anwar Zeb; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan on Monday won the vote of no-confidence, as the resolution in favor of the CM passed by the majority

♦ Matter of election of Chief Minister of Punjab; Order to open the office of Deputy Speaker Assembly of Lahore High Court; Hearing will be held again tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock; Chief Justice Muhammad Amir Bhatti remarked: How can the Deputy Speaker be prevented from voting; Under what law has the election of Punjab Chief Minister been postponed; It should not be a spectacle, get the Chief Minister elected as soon as possible

♦ 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 the 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

♦ Jahangir Tareen got permission to travel; Will return to Lahore from London on April 15; Awn Chaudhry confirmed

♦ Political situation stabilizes, rupee strengthens further, the stock market rises sharply, gains of billions; In the interbank market, the dollar fell by Rs1.75 to reach Rs182.93; The Pakistan Stock