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♦ Government succeeded in passing 33 bills including highly controversial legislation from the joint session of the parliament; a bill in favour of Indian terrorist Kulbhushan Yadev also passed; a bill suggesting State Bank will not be answerable to anyone also passes; the law to hold next elections through electronic voting machines have also been passed; Opposition protested for not counting the votes and staged a walk-out from the session

♦ United opposition announced to move Supreme Court over the passing of bills; Shehbaz Sharif lashes out at Speaker national assembly; Said Asad Qaiser had trampled on parliamentary traditions; Said opposition votes were under-represented; Said told the House that black laws could harm the country; Opposition leader termed EVM as Evil Vicious Machine. 

♦ PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said they reject next general elections from today; Said it was not the opposition’s defeat but the government’s; Said the decision regarding the future of the country should be made in the parliament; Said would sensitise the ECP on EVM issue also

♦ It proved even more difficult for Prime Minister to arrive in the House despite having the majority of the members; Imran Khan joined the session after the speeches of the opposition leaders; the PM remained in a security huddle till the presence of the opposition; Parliament kept reverberating by opposition slogans against PM including Go Niazi Go and Vote Chor (Vote thief)

♦ The pandemonium in the parliament; Opposition tore down copies of the bill and threw them at the Speaker; Scuffles also broke out between treasury and opposition members; Murtaza Javaid Abbasi and federal minister Murad Saeed faced off; Speaker and Abdul Qadir Mandokhel also exchanged harsh words

♦ The opposition could not stop the passing of the legislation but succeeded in stopping the PM from addressing the parliament; After learning about the planned protest, PM Khan refrained from making a speech; Opposition members stayed in the parliament building till PM left the House

♦ Asif Ali Zardari said the efforts being put by the government will not able to eat the fruit of the seed they are vehemently trying to water; Said the he has foretold the future to all

♦ Fawad Chaudhary said the Opposition will remember today’s defeat; Said the people talking about the no trust motion against the Senate Chairman have realized their standing now; Said next elections would be conducted through electronic voting machines; Sheikh Rashid said PTI would emerge as the strongest party now and the government would control the inflation as well

♦ I have not come but brought, said Dr Amir Liaquat upon question regarding attending the session despite disagreement with the government; Said who always bring they brought him again with full protocol; Hum Laye Gaye Hein ( We have been brought) becomes the top trend on twitter

♦ Maryam Nawaz demanded of ending the conviction of Nawaz Sharif; Said if want to save the little respect that remained the compensation should be made for the injustice 

♦ Maulana Fazlur Rehman rejected election reforms bill; Said they did not want to violate the constitution and it was better for Imran Khan to resign by himself

♦ Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah said time has come for the departure of Imran Khan

♦ Bill to castrate the rapists also passed; Senator Mushtaq Ahmed lashed out at the government and said the punishment had been imported from Europe and demanded the open hanging of rapists instead 

♦ Legal experts termed the legislation in the joint sitting of the parliament an attack to the provincial autonomy 

♦ Fifth floor of Victoria Centre at Abdullah Haroon Road in Karachi gutted by fire

♦ Sikh started arriving Pakistan for celebrating the 552nd birthday of Baba Guru Nanak

♦ New Delhi becomes the most polluted city the world with AQI level of 238 that led to the closure of the schools; Lahore becomes second most polluted city in the world with a 207 AQI level

♦ Babar Azam retained top spot on ICC T20 rankings for batsman; David Malan is on second spot; Adam Markaram on third; M Rizwan reached fifth spot; No Pakistani bowler in top 10 of bowler’s ranking

♦ ICC named Shaheen Shah Afridi’s destructive spell against India as the Best Play of The Tournament for the ICC T20 World Cup

♦ First trailer for new Spiderman movie “Spiderman: No way home” released