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♦ PM Shehbaz exhorts on UAE role in bringing Pakistan, India together: Says ready to hold talks with Modi to resolve all burning issues including Kashmir with sincerity of purpose: We should alleviate poverty and achieve prosperity instead of wasting our resources on bombs and ammunition: Underlines survival of world lays in co-existence

♦ Latest party position in Karachi LG Elections: For the slot of Chairmen, Vice Chairmen, PPP is on top with 93 seats, JI 86, PTI 40, MQM 01
♦ PPP wins Hyderabad LG polls with a huge margin: PPP succeeded 82 chairman and vice chairman seats including 31 unopposed candidates from Hyderabad. PTI emerged as the second biggest party in Hyderabad by winning 37 Union Committees. From Hyderabad, 9 independent candidates won while Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) succeeded to win one seat each
♦ Former president Zardari greets jiyalas on PPP victory in LG polls
♦ ECP reserves judgement in contempt case against PTI leaders: Also gives last chance to respondents to appear for hearing
♦ Will respectfully take vote of confidence if asked: Kh Asif: Says Nawaz Sharif wants to come back immediately: Flays Imran Khan for hinting return to Parliament
♦ The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum 2023 is going on in Davos: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is representing Pakistan in the meeting. The foreign minister will present Pakistan's position on dealing with the challenges and the changing geopolitical situation.
♦ CJP distressed over Latif Afridi’s killing, terms it a big loss: Courts deserted as Pakistan Bar Council observes strike against murder: Afridi's Namaz-i-Janaza offered in Peshawar
♦ Five peacocks die, hundreds fall sick in Tharparkar