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♦ KP governor dissolves provincial assembly on CM's advice: Unlike his Punjab counterpart, Ghulam Ali signs dissolution summary: With KP Assembly gone, provincial cabinet also stands dissolved: Mahmood Khan will continue to be CM till appointment of caretaker chief minister: Says signed summary to save nation’s time: Also writes letter to KP chief secretary

♦ Notification for appointment of administrators in Punjab issued: Governor issues notification for appointment of administrators in Punjab

♦ ECP to write letters to Punjab, KP governors to finalise election date

♦ Nawaz Sharif commends PML-N nominees for caretaker Punjab CM slot: PM Shehbaz Sharif nominated Mohsin Naqvi and Ahad Cheema for CM post

♦ Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani said in a press conference that PPP and JI can jointly decide which candidate to appoint as the mayor of Karachi. He also said that JI should hold talks with PPP as it has won with majority

♦ Cabinet clears way for importing oil and LNG from Russia: Meeting of Pakistan-Russian Commission on Trade begins in Islamabad

♦ SBP governor vows action against banks on higher dollar rates: Says investigation complete against banks which were complicit in currency manipulation: Maintains country expecting inflows of funds in coming days: Assures traders that bank will sort LCs issue

♦ Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday met Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation Jose Manuel Albares Bueno on the sidelines of the annual meeting of World Economic Forum being held in Davos, Switzerland

♦ Forces kill four terrorists in Turbat gunbattle: Cache of arms, IEDs and ammunition seized from terrorists’ hideout

♦ Masked men torture university professor in Mardan: Abdul Wali Khan University students, faculty protest against thrashing of professor: Demand registration of FIR and arrest of accused

♦ K-Electric seeks Rs10/unit reduction in power tariff

♦ New rain, snowfall spell to hit many cities

♦ Ukraine interior minister, 17 others killed in helicopter crash: Three children among the dead as chopper slams down near kindergarten in Kyiv