♦ Fraud 2018 elections destroyed national development: PM Shehbaz: Says IMF has no more excuse to delay the loan programme as all conditions are met: Blasts ex-CJP Saqib Nisar for disrupting many uplift projects: Orders early completion of Shahdara railway crossing flyover: Pats Punjab CM Mohsin Naqvi over free flour distribution scheme
♦ PM Shehbaz chairs a meeting of legal experts in Lahore
♦ Federal cabinet’s special meeting postponed
♦ Army commanders vow to turn the tide against terrorism: COAS General Asim chairs corps commanders meeting which reviews external, internal security challenges: Forum stresses need for whole of the nation and whole of the govt approach to crush terrorism
♦ Army to take part in operation in Punjab katcha area: Federal cabinet gives assent for deployment of Army troops in ongoing anti-bandit operation in Punjab riverbed
♦ CTD arrests four TTP and Qaeda operatives in Punjab
♦ Fiscal deficit, rising debt posing risk to Pakistan economy: World Bank: Says federal expenses one of major reasons for budget deficits: Country can save Rs2 trillion annually by eliminating unnecessary expenditure and subsidies: Low fiscal revenue one of drivers of Pakistan’s recurrent budget shortfalls: Total revenue collection averaged 12.8% of GDP over past decade, substantially lower than South Asian average of 19.6%: Pakistan vulnerable to macro-fiscal shocks due to high debt-to-GDP ratio: Fiscal deficit 22-year high at 7.9% last year, with a debt ratio of 78%
♦ Govt extends digital census for third time
♦ Indian Opposition up in arms after Kashmir ex-governor’s explosive interview: Opposition leaders raise sharp questions after Satyapal Malik's damning revelations about Narendra Modi: Malik says Pakistan was deliberately blamed for the attack
♦ AJK Legislative Assembly will meet again today to elect a new prime minister
♦ Gandapur remanded to police custody for three days
♦ Two cops martyred in anti-bandit operation in Kasmore riverbed
♦ Two killed in explosion outside cylinder shop in Karachi
♦ Japan PM safe after bomb blast
♦ Pakistan thrash New Zealand by huge margin of 88 runs