♦ Imran Khan's another U-turn, ready to go back to the assembly; Says Shahbaz Sharif will not be let sleep; PML-N assembly members are in touch; PML-Q leaders will win election if they contest with PTI election symbol; Sees general elections in April
♦ Ch Shujaat suspends the membership of Parvez Elahi; Show-cause notice to Parvez, response sought in 7 days; the provincial president cannot merge party into other one; Parvez gave a statement about the merger
♦ Nawaz Sharif active in Punjab politics; Considers names for caretaker CM; Consultation for changes in important positions; Maryam Nawaz to return soon; A parliamentary board being formed to award party tickets
♦ Who will be the caretaker chief minister of Punjab? Consultation for interim setup in Punjab underway; Parvez names Ahmed Sukhira, Nasir Khosa, Nasir Khan
♦ Nasir Khosa refuses to become caretaker CM; Ahmad Nawaz Sukhira, a government employee, will retire by January 31
♦ LB polls in Karachi; Results for 170 of 246 seats out; PPP leading with 80 seats; Jamaat-e-Islami is second with 49 while PTI won 29 and PML-N 6 seats
♦ Thank you Karachi, thank you Hyderabad; PPP emerges as the largest party in Karachi; Bilawal expresses gratitude to supporters and workers; promises Karachi development
♦ Jamaat-e-Islami cries foul; claims success on 100 seats; Hafiz Naeemur Rehman says conspiracies being hatched to steal mandate; JI will expose the culprits of tampering
♦ Whoever becomes mayor should not cry; says Sindh CM; We have to run the province and Karachi, Saeed Ghani hints at forming a government with Jamaat-e-Islami; There will be no talks with PTI, says Saeed Ghani
♦Big blow to PTI in Karachi; City President Khurram Zaman loses UC election
♦ PPP wins a political battle in Hyderabad; followed by PTI; PPP wins 260 out of 272 seats in Thatta
♦ Maulana Fazlur Rehman raps Imran Khan; says Imran Khan waved a paper and cried foul; We’re saying we ousted you from PMO,
Calling others thieves does not hide your own theft; calls for checking Peshawar Museum artefacts,
♦ Full support will be provided to the export sector; says Finance Minister Ishaq Dar; the export sector is the first priority of the government,
♦ Renowned jurist Abdul Latif Afridi died in firing; Incident took place at the Peshawar High Court Bar; Latif Afridi was hit by 6 bullets, accused arrested; PM and ex-president Asif Zardari condemn shootout
♦ Indiscriminate firing by lawyers in Lahore Bar election; Case registered in Islampura police station; Licence of the lawyer suspended, says Bar Council
♦ Country in the grip of intense cold wave; reports of freezing cold in parts of the country; temperature drops to minus 15 in Kalam; Astor minus 10, Skardu, Ziarat minus 9; minus 6 in Quetta, mercury was minus 6, Lahore 1, Peshawar 2, Karachi 6
♦ Storm wreaks havoc in California; 11 deaths due to rains, floods and landslides; Electricity supply to 55,000 suspended
♦ Earth-like planet discovered; planet named TOI700e orbits in the habitable zone; presence of a watery planet possible
♦ Barcelona win Spanish Super Cup for the first time since the competition was revamped and moved to Saudi Arabia; beat Real Madrid 3-1