♦ Parties list updated; ECP removes Imran Khan's name as PTI Chairman; ECP removes parties' election symbols from website

♦ Bilawal submits nomination papers from Lahore, Shahdadkot; Nawaz Sharif, Dr Yasmin Rashid file nomination papers for NA-130 Lahore; Shehbaz Sharif to contest from NA-242; Farooq Sattar, Saleem Mandviwala, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Mustafa Kamal also file nomination papers

♦ Bilawal Bhutto calls for a thorough investigation into Imran Khan's cypher controversy

♦ PTI's underground leader, Murad Saeed, submits nomination papers despite being in hiding; Former Federal Minister's nomination papers for NA-3 and NA-4 Swat submitted by adviser

♦ Obstacles in way of filing nomination papers: Provincial election commissioner calls Punjab IG

♦ Social media accounts linked with a political party involved in a campaign against the judiciary

♦ Govt set up a special help centre for Baloch protesters in Islamabad

♦Deadly Israeli raids leave Palestinians in West Bank camp reeling;  Hamas calls for probe into 'executions' blamed on Israel; Netanyahu says Gaza war exacting 'heavy price' on Israel army

♦ Political parties submit priority lists of women to ECP

♦ PPP nominates 28 women for reserved seats in Sindh Assembly; Nominates 11 candidates for minority seats in Sindh Assembly

♦ Maulana Fazl submits nomination papers from DI Khan; Jahangir Tareen submits nomination papers from Multan

♦ Six of the same family submit nomination papers in Kharian

♦ Lahore ranks third in an index of the world’s most polluted cities as smog lingers on

♦ Punjab CM tasks ministers, and officers to monitor under-construction projects

♦ CM orders timely completion of work at Shahdara Chowk

♦ Govt to run nationwide anti-polio campaign in January

♦ NADRA explains Form B policy amidst social media controversy

♦ Motorways closed from Multan to M-3 due to fog

♦ FIA arrests co-accused in online women harassment case from Rawalpindi

♦ FIA arrests ex-employee of bank involved in Rs4.2m fraud

♦ Eight-year-old child killed in mortar shell explosion in Kurram

♦ 9 killed as roof of their house caves in following an eruption of fire caused by a short circuit in KP village

♦ Three dead in trailer-bus collision in Quetta

♦ 13 dead, 46 injured in explosion at Indonesia nickel plant

♦ Israel trains fire on south Gaza, as Biden urges caution

♦ Injured Pakistani speedster Khurram Shahzad departs for home from Australia

♦ Pakistan injury woes mount with Ahmed out of second Australia Test

♦ Khawaja denied permission to have a peace symbol on the bat

♦ Christmas preparations are in full swing in the country; Punjab CM orders foolproof security arrangements on Christmas