♦ Supreme Court to take up presidential reference for interpretation of Article 63A: Raza Rabbani wants to become a party: Elected representative’s vote is that of individual, not of party, Bar tells SC: SCBA opposes disqualification of legislator voting against party lines: JUI says Speaker does not have powers to reject a vote: Islamabad Red Zone sealed
♦ PM seeks whole nation's support for defeating politics of ‘horse-trading’: Also calls another meeting of PTI Political Committee today
♦ Elections may take place earlier, says Sheikh Rashid: Orders FIA DG to take Army, judiciary bashers on social media to task: Claims having support of some Opposition MNAs
♦ Maryam Nawaz, Hamza Shehbaz to lead PML-N march to Islamabad on March 26
♦ No opposition party has opposed his idea of national govt, says Shehbaz
♦ Akbar S Babar sees encouraging progress in PTI foreign funding case
♦ Pakistan records another corona death-free day: NCOC data shows infections were also down to 210, positivity ratio at 0.69%: Covid comeback seen in parts of US as funding runs dry
♦ Russia expels US diplomats as Ukraine calls for global anti-war protests: Pentagon says Russian military now taking defensive positions: US weighs more sanctions as Biden arrives in Europe: Washington claims Russian forces committed war crimes as 100,000 still trapped in Mariupol
♦ First female US secy of state Albright dies at 84
♦ Wikileaks founder Assange gets married in jail
♦ Australia lead by 185 runs during second innings in third Test against Pakistan
♦ Australian one-day squad reaches Lahore