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♦ Nawaz Sharif will not return on his own; the government will bring him back, information minister claims after the federal cabinet meeting;  Nawaz will be taken back under prison swap pact; Maulana Fazlur Rehman came to Islamabad with a pack of ‘leftover’. a leader like Imran Khan a must to topple a government

♦ Rana Shamim  denied signing the affidavit in front of Nawaz Sharif;.former chief judge will be charged with contempt of court on January 7; the case is not only related to Saqib Nisar; the statement has been made that the Islamabad High Court is compromised, remarks the chief justice

♦ How to swallow the bitter pill of mini-budget; The government is in trouble; tomorrow's meeting of the federal cabinet will be postponed; the meeting was due to take up mini-budget; the cause is concerns of the allies or something else? questions are arising; Fawad Ch says the mini budget will be approved in a couple of days

♦ The government wants to make the parliament a rubber stamp; Mini budget will add to problems;. the government should admit it failed to deliver and left the nation seals its own fate, says Shehbaz Sharif 

♦ Gas crisis worsens in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta Breakfast; People are forced to buy inflated LPG  for the purpose; Decrease in gas pressure increases pressure on the government

♦ The government is ready to give another shock to the people; the Central Power Purchasing Agency's request to increase the price of electricity by Rs4.33 per unit; Nepra will hear the matter tomorrow.

♦ Deadly virus will spread in Pakistan; number of infected patients in the country reaches 75. 3; first case of Omi Kroon in Pakistan was reported on December 13.

♦ The Federal Cabinet has approved the first National Security Policy; National security policy is essential to cope with emerging challenges; The Armed Forces of Pakistan will play due role in line with the vision of the National Security Policy

♦ Pakistan is striving for regional peace, stable and prosperous future of Afghan people. Chief of Army Staff talks with Greek Ambassador. Mutual interest, regional security, Afghan situation was discussed in the meeting

♦ Change lands in Lakki Marwat; women wearing burqas following in the footstesps of Imran Khan; they blocked the road and burnt utility bills during five-hour sit-in; the protesters offered prayers on road, they says the city has been facing 18-hour load shedding a day; 

♦ Supreme Court orders removal of encroachments on Kidney Hill Park; the top court questioned as to how did a mosque become a place of park on Tariq Road and how can houses be built on park land

♦ Rich get everything regularized;  we will not let anyone raze the house of the poor down. Go and remove encroachments; CJ orders CDA chairman; This is not the capital, this is the occupied territory of the elite, every time the law is broken; Whoever is doing all this, will have a face court 

♦ The cost of Punjab government's health insurance programme up by Rs6 billion. State Life Insurance Company has fixed the premium rate at Rs4,700 per family

♦ Azam Swati reveals Rs2 billion railway theft WAPDA and thieves have met. Theft can be prevented by installing more than 54,000 meters. The railway tracks were derailed at midnight. No arrangement for full track supervision, Federal Minister for Railways admitted in Senate Committee on Railways

♦ Pistol and a knife are toys; a child was injured by a bullet while cleaning a pistol in Karachi. Indiscriminate firing on neighbours Three children were seriously injured while playing in the street

♦ In Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi, a man was killed after falling into the deck of an elevator. The deceased was identified as Tariq Islam 

♦ Having a  certificate of being a Muslim made mandatory for marriage; the couple ( bride and groom) and the witnesses should have the certificate and the Nikah seeker will perform it only after signing the certificate

♦ Crossing the border of extremism in Modi regime. India freezes the accounts of Mother Teresa Charity