4:00 pm Headlines on 24Digital

♦ IMF gives thumbs-up to Pakistan over $7b loan programme implementation: Fund statement reports progress on fiscal consolidation to reduce debt, keep inflation low, improve energy sector: Also points headway in climate reform agenda: Virtual discussions will continue to finalize talks outcome 

♦ Danish University will compete with Oxford, vows PM Shehbaz: Says advancement in science, not reliance on foreign loans, makes nations progress: 100 acres land allocated for Danish University

♦ Salman Agha misses Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub on New Zealand tour: Vows to produce good result in five-match T20 series starting tomorrow in Christchurch

♦ PML-N to include all allies in expanded Punjab cabinet: PPP to decide whether to join provincial cabinet in the next few days

♦ Mohsin Naqvi pays tribute to KP police for foiling terrorist attacks

♦ Compensation for two railway staffers killed in train attack announced

♦ PM Shehbaz summons DIG Admin Imran Kishwar for meeting: officer had resigned from police service two days ago

♦ PM Shehbaz to visit Saudi Arabia from March 19

♦Court drops terrorism charges against Mansha Bomb in extortion case

♦ Train service from Quetta remains suspended on the 4th day

♦ Sheikh Rasheed says he sees darkness everywhere

♦ Asia’s first female bomb disposal inspector’s advice to youth

♦ 24 police officers suspended and demoted in Deherki, Sukkur

♦ Temperature drops as rain again lashes Punjab, KP: Rains forecast for Punjab, KP, AJK, GB, Balochistan during next 24 hours

♦ Distribution of free textbooks starts in Lahore schools

♦ Poliovirus confirmed in environmental samples from different districts

♦ Seven children died of measles in two days in Khairpur  

♦ Singer Naseebo Lal lodges FIR after tortured by husband

♦ Grenades lobbed on police posts in Bannu

♦ Injured Neymar was injured and out of Brazil World Cup qualifiers

♦ Slot eyes first Liverpool trophy against Newcastle in League Cup final

♦ Trump admin considers travel ban on 41 countries: Pakistan among countries which could be partially suspended if they do not fix issues highlighted by US

♦ US expels South African ambassador, saying he 'hates' Trump

♦ Iraq says kills senior Islamic State group leader

♦ Putin tells Ukraine troops in the Russian region to 'surrender'

♦ Relief as US Congress averts government shutdown

♦ Trump calls critical US media outlets 'illegal'