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♦ Pakistani rupee’s slaying by US dollar continues in interbank trading: Local currency nosedives by another Rs6.57: In open market, greenback touches Rs265 mark

♦ Court sends Fawad Chaudhry to jail on 14-day judicial remand: Judicial magistrate rejects police's plea for extending physical remand: PTI workers climb on roof of court building, raise slogans against govt, election commission
♦ Plea seeking post-arrest bail of Fawad filed in court
♦ PTI challenges appointment of Punjab caretaker CM in SC: Also challenges Raja Riaz’s appointment s Leader of the Opposition in NA: Sh Rashid also challenges CM’s appointment
♦ Punjab CM allots portfolios to ministers
♦ Maryam Nawaz to land homeland on January 28  
♦ Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the Green Line Express train service at Margalla Railway Station, Islamabad. The train is equipped with modern facilities. The Green Line Express train will start its journey from Islamabad and end in   Karachi, and it will stop at Rawalpindi, Chaklala, Lahore, Khanewal, Bahawalpur, Rohri, Hyderabad and Drigh Road railway stations.
♦ Poisonous gas devours 20 lives in Karachi’s Kemari area in a week: Many children also among dead, 40 in critical state: CM Murad takes notice, seeks report from Karachi Commissioner, Health DG: Three accused held, three factories sealed
♦ Levies soldier martyred in Bolan terror attack
♦ Israel, Gaza militants trade missiles after deadly West Bank raid