♦ ECP rejects Sindh govt’s request to postpone LG elections: Directs Interior Ministry to ensure deployment of Army, Rangers at very sensitive polling stations
♦ Sindh govt again postpones LG polls in Karachi, Hyderabad, Dadu: Elections will be held in other districts as per schedule on Jan 15: Govt withdraws notification to hold elections on basis of existing delimitations of constituencies: Decides to amend Sindh Local Government Act: PTI, JI resent while MQM hails decision
♦ CM’s PA dissolution advice challenged in LHC
♦ Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rahman has announced to stage a sit-in outside the Election Commission office. He rejected the decision of postponing elections with a notification two days before the election. He urged the Chief Election Commissioner to take notice of this. He alleged that MQM has always sold the mandate of Karachi feudal lords.
♦ Cuba takes reins of UN 'Group of 77 and China' from Pakistan
♦ LHC orders to produce Imran attacker Naveed’s kin on Jan 16
♦ The Forbes Magazine has released the list of 50 successful women of Asia, Sherry Rehman's name is included in the list
♦ Hundreds of attempted suicide prisoners, who were imprisoned in Pakistan's jails, were released. The bill presented in the Senate became part of the law after approval. The suicide attempt bill was presented by Senator Shahadat Awan of the People's Party.
♦ FIA Gujranwala nabbed gang involved in banking fraud
♦ Heavy snowfall disrupts life in upper regions of country: Dir Upper, Chaman, and Leepa Valley receive continuous snowfall, interrupting power supply: People face difficulties as roads blocked