♦ 8-member JIT formed to investigate Islamabad suicide blast: FIR registered as security beefed up in twin cities
♦ Seven TTP terrorists arrested in Punjab-wide crackdown: CTD personnel seize explosives, detonators, weapons from terrorists’ possession: Cases lodged against them in several cities
♦ LHC reinstates Pervaiz Elahi as CM Punjab, suspends governor’s order: Also restored provincial cabinet
♦ Court directs Suleman Shehbaz to join FIA probe
♦ CAA diverts Lahore flights to Islamabad Airport due to fog
♦ 'Epic' winter storm wallops US, leaving 1 million without power: Highways closed, flights grounded, misery for Christmas travellers as biting cold sends temperatures below -48C
♦ UAE bans visitors from two more Pakistani cities: List of banned Pakistani cities now grows to 24 as UAE fed up of agent mafia: Even businessmen from these cities cannot obtain visit visas
♦ Guard turns out to be mastermind of Karachi bank robbery
♦ Two brothers turn out to be murderers of their sibling in ♦ Gujranwala
♦ Man trying to smuggle heroin in shoes arrested at Islamabad Airport
♦ 72 birth anniversary of comedian Moin Akhtar observed