♦ The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected the latest request from the Sindh government to defer local body elections in the province, declaring the vote will definitely take place tomorrow (Sunday).
♦ Ministry of Interiors orders the deployment of Frontier Constabulary at sensitive and highly sensitive polling stations over security concerns for local body elections in Sindh. The Election Commission had requested static deployment of Frontier Constabulary at sensitive polling stations in local body elections.
♦ Voting for LG polls in Karachi, Hyderabad will be held tomorrow: Electioneering for 2nd phase of local government elections in Sindh ended: GHQ declines to deploy its troops at polling stations in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta
♦ Punjab governor gets green signal to dissolve assembly: Development comes after meeting between Balighur Rahman and Ishaq Dar
♦ PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has summoned Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah to London
♦ Punjab chief minister Parvez Elahi chaired a high-level advisory meeting to review the legal and constitutional aspects of the advice to dissolve the Punjab Assembly. The meeting also discussed names for Interim Chief Minister
♦ Sherry Rahman says Imran Khan becomes one of the dictators after dissolving the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies
♦ DSP, two gunmen martyred as TTP terrorists hit Peshawar police station: Gunmen used night vision guns in the late-night assault on policemen
♦ Former president Asif Ali Zardari condemns the attack on the Peshawar police station
♦ CTD arrests five terrorists from three Punjab cities
♦ US defence chief vows to bolster partnership with Pakistan: In a phone call to COAS General Asim Munir, Lloyd Austin says US and Pakistan shared a long-standing defence partnership
♦ Bilawal, Hina to attend World Economic Forum in Davos
♦ Polling underway for District Bar Associations elections in Punjab
♦ The fee schedule for e-passports has been released
♦ The severe cold wave continued throughout the country; Snowfall stopped in Murree as all roads were opened for traffic; Glacier collapse floods Chilas village
♦ Quetta in grip of blood-curdling cold after the snowfall with freezing winds blowing
♦ Israel bans hoisting the Palestinian flag
♦ Iran executes British-Iranian dual national for spying
♦ Trump Organization fined $1.6 million for tax fraud
♦ Preparation of cheap steel bars from illegal weapons in Colombia. According to the Colombian authorities, 29 thousand weapons were seized from various criminal organizations operating in the country