♦ ECP refuses to enter into consultation with President over polls: Says ECP is well aware of its constitutional and legal obligations: Adds office of President is highest constitutional body, and ECP has highest regard for it:
♦ India trying to prevent declassification of Kashmir papers: New Delhi fears letters about special status known as Bucher papers could affect foreign relations: Papers contain “military operational matters in Kashmir and correspondences amongst senior government leaders on sensitive political matters on Kashmir
♦ MQM-P decides to withdraw from by-elections; MQM-P's top leadership has advised the Rabta Committee and workers to start preparations for the general elections
♦ Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik says economic recovery is the first priority of his government and the burden placed on the people will be removed in the coming days as prices of things will decrease soon.
♦ Maryam says inflation and Imran will be thrown out together; Khaqan says PML-N will win elections; Sanaullah says will answer tit-for-tat to Imran's Jail Bharo move
♦ Bilawal holds side-line meetings with Int’l leaders at Munich Conference
♦ Imran Khan decides to appear in LHC on Feb 20 at 2 pm
♦ PM suggests 50% of patients be treated in KPLRI free of cost; Punjab CM Mohsin Naqvi assures PM of taking steps to accommodate poor patient in KPLRI
♦ Karachi Police Office attack case registered at CTD police station: Provisions of terrorism, murder and attempted murder included in case
♦ CM-led moot reviews provision of better health facilities in Punjab: Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi reviews programme for providing quality health facilities to people of the province
♦ Indus River’s course diverted at Dasu Hydropower Project site: After diverting the course, construction activities on temporary dam have started
♦ The dead bodies of two children who were kidnapped from Hafizabad ten days ago were recovered from an area pond
♦ Transgender person killed while another got hurt in Mingora firing
♦ Narowal Wildlife Dept’s negligence claims life of another rare deer
♦ Man booked for torturing to death son, aged 9, for running from school
♦ Two die in truck-trailer collision near Jamshoro
♦ French president Macron says he wants Russia defeated, not crushed: Does not shy away from mentioning peace talks as a final goal
♦ North Korea says it fired ICBM as warning to US, Seoul: Says successful "surprise" drill demonstrated Pyongyang's "capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack"
♦ Islamia College Peshawar to observe Spring Vacations from Feb 20 to 25
♦ Plane crashes on Philippine volcano, search underway for survivors
♦ BJP declares George Soros a big threat to Modi’s democratic system in India
♦ US general warns China biggest threat in space
♦ US says China mulling weapons for Russia in Ukraine war
♦ Israeli strike kills 15 in Syrian capital: war monitor
♦ Blinken arrives in Turkey to show US support after quake; Top US diplomat arrived at Incirlik air base in southern Turkey through which the United States has shipped aid after the worst natural disaster to hit the region in more than a century
♦ Four Schalke fans injured after violent attack
♦ Shark kills Australian tourist in New Caledonia
♦ Japan bids farewell to four pandas returning to China
♦ Multan Sultan defeat Islamabad United by 52 runs
♦ Karachi Kings set target 186 for Lahore Qalandar
♦ Dar equals record as Pakistan spin bowlers restrict West Indies; West Indies, playing their last group match, were restricted to 116 for six in their 20 overs.
♦ England thrash New Zealand by 267 runs in first Test at Mount Maunganui, powering to their first win in New Zealand for 15 years.
♦ BAFTA red carpet rolls out for foreign films including 'All Quiet'; Germany, Ireland and Chinese martial arts loom large as British cinema hands out its BAFTA awards on Sunday, with less than a month to go to the Oscars
♦ Literary personalities, art lovers flock to Faiz festivals