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♦ Supreme Court halts implementation of judicial reforms bill; top court rules it will not be implemented whether the president signs it or not; The bill will begin to interfere with the independence of the judiciary; court to resume hearing on May 2

♦ National Assembly adopts resolution rejecting formation of eight-member SC bench to take up judicial reform bills; Lawmaking is the just power of Parliament, states resolution; Supreme Court is making unfair decisions, resolution; two senior judges were not included in the bench; Judges from Balochistan, KP were also not included

♦ Ruling coalition rejects SC halts to implementation of judicial reforms bill; It has never happened that a case was filed before the legislation, says Azam; controversial bench should be dissolved; conflict will lead the country to a terrible situation, say Kaira; The procedure for making the bench is wrong

♦ No funds for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa election; The bill for the provision of Rs21 billion rupees was rejected

♦ An in-camera session of the National Assembly is called for tomorrow; the Army chief, DG ISI will attend the session; National Security Committee decision will be taken into consideration; All four chief ministers and provincial chief secretaries will participate

♦ Hearing on Imran Khan's request for video link appearance; Imran Khan is not being given security, says lawyer; security of Imran Khan will be government responsibility after taking him into custody, says judge; court accepts the request for video link appearance

♦ Tehreek-e-insaf's attack on the judiciary; Workers vent their rage as a request to suspend AJK PM disqualification as rejected; An attempt to ransack AJK SC

♦ Cabinet of Azad Kashmir is not finished, says Qamar Zaman Kaira; PPP calls for dialogue; deadlock makes things worse

♦ Those who talk about American slavery hold America's feet, says Sherry Rahman; Imran Khan did politics on the false narrative of a foreign conspiracy

♦ Judicial Commission meets with Chief Justice in the chair; Justice Musrat named for Peshawar High Court CJ; She is the senior most judge of Peshawar High Court; Matter was referred to the Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of Judges

♦ Meeting of Azad Jammu and Kashmir leaders with Asif Zardari, Bilawal; 

♦ Karachi factory fire claims lives of four firefighters; 13 workers sustain injuries 

♦ Police op against miscreants of Kacha area in full swing; 

♦ A 100-year-old house discovered in Peshawar; Archaeological team takes possession 

♦ Government announces five holidays for Eid festival; Government institutions will remain closed from April 21 to 25; 

♦ Financial crisis in KP; Decision not to give salary and pension to employees on Eid; Treasury left with Rs13 billion 

♦ Rupee value up against dollar heap in interbank 

♦ Children will not get new currency notes on Eid; State Bank's decision not to issue new notes; 

♦ Price-hike goes on; flour, mutton, beef, rice, milk and curd out of purchasing power; prices of ghee, oil, and cold drinks increased 25 times; 

♦ Another ballistic missile test by North Korea; The missile fell into the waters of the Korean Peninsula and Japan; Japanese Prime Minister calls a meeting of the National Security Council

♦ A terrible fire broke out in the forests of New Jersey; Forests spread over five hundred acres were engulfed in flames

♦ Trailer of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 released