♦ Pakistan crush Sri Lanka by innings, 222 runs in Colombo Test; Noman Ali takes seven wickets while Naseem Shah grabbed three; Opener Abdullah scores a double century; Pakistan tops ICC Championship
♦ Prime Minister inaugurates China Expo Center in Gwadar; Shehbaz Sharif's determination to make Gwadar the best seaport; Balochistan's share in laptop scheme increased to 18%; Enemies do not want development of Balochistan, says PM; previous government stopped development works in Gwadar; No drilling and cleaning after 2015,
♦ PTI chairman in hot water; Request for transfer of 6 cases to another court rejected; court also rejects Bushra Bibi's request;
♦, Khawaja Asif refuses to apologise to PTI women; If PTI apologize to Maryam, Faryarl Talpur, he will tender an apology; Foul language was used about Maryam and Faryal too; PTI women are trained by their chairman, Khawaja Asif
♦ Hike in power tariff notified, applicable from this month; Increase in basic tariff by Rs 7.50; The prices have been implemented on all discos including K Electric
♦ Judge’s wife gets bail from court in teen torture case; Court orders police to refrain from arresting her
♦ Man accused of torturing daughter brutally; girl’s eye hit hard; Doctors save one eye of 13-year-old Ayman; Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi visits the injured girl; vows to bring to book the culprit
♦ Peaceful end to 8 Muharram processions; Karachi, the main procession ends at Imambargah Hussainiya Iranian; Processions are taken out in Peshawar, Quetta, Pindi, Multan, Jhang and Lahore
♦ Increased demand for pottery during Muharram; Citizens busy buying clay bowls and plates; Clay pots available for Rs4 to Rs15
♦ Rains fall in different cities of the country; In Lahore, roads are inundated; Light and heavy rain in Karachi; in Mansehra, a mother and 3 children are buried under the debris of a landslide; Water enters homes and hospitals in Abbottabad; the spell of rain is likely to continue till next week
♦ A military coup in the African country of Niger; dictators overthrew the government of President Muhammad Bazoom
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