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By-elections on 33 NA seats will be held on March 16: Election Commission announces schedule: PDM ‘will not take part’ in by-elections on 33 NA seats
♦ Pakistan to finalize agreement with IMF this month, hopes PM: Shehbaz inaugurates Green Line Express Train Service in Islamabad: 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.

♦ Pakistani rupee’s slaying by US dollar continues in interbank trading: Local currency nosedives by another Rs7.57: In open market, greenback touches Rs265 mark

♦ Ishaq Dar vows to steer country out of all crises
♦ 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

♦ Maryam Nawaz to land homeland on January 28 

♦ 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 to denotify employees recruited on political grounds
♦ Punjab CM allots portfolios to ministers: Calls first meeting of interim cabinet

♦ Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi meeting with Governor Punjab Balighur Rehman: matters of mutual interest and general situation were discussed. The Chief Minister asserted the transparent and free conduct of general elections, adding that law and order is the first priority

♦ Levies soldier martyred in Bolan terror attack

♦ 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

♦ Israel, Gaza militants trade missiles after deadly West Bank raid