♦ MNAs take oath at inaugural session of 16th National Assembly: PTI-supported lawmakers chat pro-Imran slogans: Ayaz Sadiq, Ghulam Mustafa file nomination papers for speaker, deputy posts

♦ ‘Imran Khan’ mask tossed at Nawaz Sharif in National Assembly

♦ Writing letter to IMF tantamount to enmity with Pakistan, says Nawaz Sharif

♦ Babar Swati, Surayya Bibi elected KP Assembly’s speaker and deputy speaker

♦ Khaliq Achakzai, Ghazala Gola elected speaker, deputy speaker of Balochistan Assembly unopposed

♦ Ghafoor Haideri, Nuzhat Sadiq resign from their seats in Senate

♦ PML-N, SIC lawmakers trade barbs in National Assembly

♦ JUI-F to boycott election for prime minister, says Maulana Fazl: Announces to sit on opposition benches in NA: Does not see National Assembly competing its term

♦ US supports Pakistan’s efforts to break free from vicious debt cycle: State Department says future policies will be crucial for Pakistan’s economic stability

♦ BISE Lahore annual matric exams to begin tomorrow

♦ Utility stores stop sale of sugar till March 4

♦ Girl facilitates youth’s abduction, then turns approver in court

♦ 3 dis as speedy car skids into Sheikhupura canal

♦ Proposal floated to slap garbage tariff on Lahorites

♦ Cop lures woman with job promise, rapes her in Bahawalnagar

♦ Polio officer abducted by dacoits in Shikarpur

♦ Fire breaks out in PACE shopping mall in Lahore

♦ Rescue officer shot dead in Peshawar

♦ Prisoner dies in Adiala Jail clash

♦ MoU for ‘White Oil Pipeline’ project signed between stakeholders

♦ Death toll in Israeli aggression on Gaza nears 30,000

♦ India, US at loggerheads over WTO reform at Abu Dhabi talks

♦ Green century steers Australia to 279-9 in first New Zealand Test

♦ Gayle hopes T20 World Cup can help cricket crack US market