♦ The moon of Shawwal has not been sighted, Pakistan to celebrate Eidul Fitr on Saturday, announces Ruet-e-Halal Committee; Saudi Arabia to celebrate Eid tomorrow
♦ No objection to the negotiation process for elections on the same day, says Supreme Court; Party leaders will be requested to sit together, Chief Justice; says The decision of May 14 will not be withdrawn, Chief Justice; Hearing of the case adjourned till April 27
♦ Fazl says Supreme Court should clarify its position it is a court or a ‘panchayat’; They will not accept coercion, The Supreme Court should be flexible; the person who should have been kept out of politics is being imposed;
♦ Bilawal Bhutto says no one can negotiate at gunpoint; Convincing allies in the Supreme Court Panchayat is difficult; Chief Justice should create consensus in the institution instead of politics; Holding elections only in Punjab is a conspiracy, plot concocted to enforce one unit policy
♦ Maryam Nawaz says negotiations or discussions are held with political parties, not terrorists;
♦ Judiciary can interpret the constitution, not rewrite it, says Prime Minister; Parliament has not so far made a law but the judiciary stayed; All institutions have to be united to uphold the constitution; PM visits Pakistan Television Centre; Launches APP mobile app
♦ Chaudhry Anwar elected AJK PM unopposed with 48 votes; No one has submitted nomination papers
♦ Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto will visit India next month; Bilawal Bhutto will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting;
♦ Imran kept saying Ali Zaidi was implicated in a bogus case but the latter settle the dispute out of the court; Ali Zaidi remained in the district jail Malir in the fraud case; Ali Amin Gandapur was on three-day physical remand
♦ Fear of operation during Eid holidays in Zaman Park; Bushra Bibi's application returned with penalty; Rs10,000 fine imposed on Azhar Siddique
A larger bench has heard the case, says Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh
♦ Eid shopping in full swing; hunt on for matching bangles, henna designs, and matching jewellery;
♦ Celebrating Eid at hometown; a rush at railway stations, and bus stands; people making a litany of complaints about profiteering; canteen owners on a money-minting spree
♦ 2.5 million appear at Masjid al-Haram for seeking blessings; Imam Kaaba Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais leads prayers
♦ In most parts of the country receive rain; more to fall in Islamabad, Upper Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Risk of flooding and landslides in rivers
♦ Pakistan and New Zealand in the field for n the fourth T20I
♦ Demand for the independence of Indian Manipur state raising
♦ A football-playing robot has been developed at an American university
♦ The trailer of the Hollywood film 'Insides the Red Door' released