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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

♦ 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

♦ ECP reserves judgement in contempt case against PTI leaders: Also gives last chance to respondents to appear for hearing

♦ 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

♦ Court hands over PML-N leader to JIT in Imran Khan firing case: Court approves nine-day physical remand of Mudassar while sends three other accused to prison on judicial remand
♦ The funeral prayer of the senior lawyer Abdul Latif Afridi, who was assassinated yesterday in Peshawar, was attended by important political and social figures and senior lawyers. Countrywide strike was also observed by Pakistan Bar Council on the incident
♦ PM Shehbaz shortlists names for caretaker Punjab CM: SAPM Ahmad Khan says after consulting with Zardari, three names will be sent to governor today
♦ Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to chair a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) today. Six-point agenda will be discussed: there is a possibility of approval to import five-year-old tractors at low duty under Kisan Package

♦ Security forces recover suicide jackets, IEDs in DIK operation