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♦ ECP annuls PTI  intra-party elections; Takes back bat symbol; Chief Election Commissioner five-member ECP bench; declares PTI's intra-party elections unlawful

♦ Big relief for PTI founder, Shah Mehmood Qureshi; Supreme Court approves their bail in cypher case; Acting CJ-led three-judge bench accepts appeal against the High Court decision

♦ Petitioner is not involved in crime against society; Justice Athar’s note states the entire trial depends on documentary evidence, There can be no benefit in arresting the accused; There are no such circumstances in the case that bail should be rejected; Providing equal opportunity for elections is a constitutional requirement

♦ ECP accepts demands of political parties to  extend the date for filing nomination forms; Candidates can submit their nomination papers till December 24; Scrutiny of papers will be held from 25th to 30th December

♦ Negotiations between PML-N and IPP underway; PML-N wants IPP to review seat adjustments list; decision expected after a meeting between Nawaz and IPP leadership

♦ Asif Zardari's nomination papers submitted from NA-207; Shehbaz to run from NA 132; Maulana from NA 265; Sirajul Haq from NA-7, Yusuf Raza Gilani from NA-148;  Khawaja Asif will fight from three constituencies in Sialkot

♦ Fawad Ch’s  brother arrested from Jhelum; ex-minister nomination papers submitted

♦ CM inaugurates Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed Flyover; Barkat Market to Walton signal-free corridor completed; Defense Phase 6 to Liberty travel time will be 15 minutes

♦ Mohsin Naqvi visits Children's Hospital; People make a litany of complaints including delay in CT scan reports and MRI; Mohsin Naqvi phones health secretary; tells him to report in 24 hours; says will not tolerate such delays

♦ FBR raids sugar mills of Chaudhry family; Disclosure of involvement in sugar hoarding, money laundering

♦ Israeli atrocities continue unabated; 230 strikes in 24 hours, 300 Palestinians martyred; toll hits 21,000; Number of arrested Palestinians also increased to 4,500; Red Crescent building besieged; Palestinians barred from offering Friday prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque

♦ United Nations sounds alarm over food crisis in Gaza; One out of every four people died of starvation; Entire population of Gaza could face famine

♦ Third day of crackdown on encroachment in Lahore; Ghazi Road Market, Ferozepur Road Stop cleared; Illegal shops, stalls demolished, dozens arrested; scores booked

♦ Another promise fulfilled by Mohsin Naqvi; Construction of the University of Gujranwala begins

♦ Markets to remain open till midnight till Christmas; Justice Shahid Karim says order to seal rice units has not been passed so far

♦ Accused of theft at Meera's house arrested; Actress says Rs 10 million ornaments stolen