♦The government bought expensive sugar for utility stores; audit revealed it paid additional Rs12.42 per kg while buying the commodity, costing Rs1.37 billion to the national exchequer

♦PTI lawmaker Tahir Sadiq has bombarded his party government with the charges of corruptions; points out $3.5 million corruption in funds to combat climate change; demands third party audit in the 10-billion tree project; blames the crime on state minister Zartaj Gul

♦A corrupt leader is not less than a devastation; a society will be destroyed if it does not consider the corruption a curse; a thief  must be treated as a criminal; Mental slavery is more dangerous than physical slavery; PM Imran Khan address at a function at Qadir University Jhelum

♦You are a thief, fascist and puppet; you stole public mandate; you are here to address poverty, energy crisis and other such public problems; PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb responds to PM Imran Khan’s remarks; Imran Khan is a leader of corruption and thieves, PDM leader Hamdullah reacts 

♦The people are likely to sustain a Rs4.75 per unit increase in power tariff; Nepra will take up the matter tomorrow; CPPA has made a request to Nepra to increase the price, making people bear with Rs60 billion burden

♦Who has the capacity to record the CJ’s audio tapes? Suppose the audio is not fake, who has the original clip? Tomorrow anyone will bring a clip and ask to investigate; asks Islamabad High Court CJ as he seeks assistance of the Attorney General on the petition filed for the formation of a commission to dig into the alleged audio of ex-CJ Saqib Nisar.

♦New corona variant cannot be stemmed; the federal government raised concerns; special assistant Faisal Sultan says the government has limited time to cope with the challenge; Federal Minister Asad Omar stressed vaccine should be given immediately

♦Powerful parliament and sovereignty of the people will not be compromised, former president Asif Ali Zardari reiterates resolve on the 54th founding day of PPP; says the party gave constitution to the country

♦Considering legislation to regularize construction in Sindh; Saeed Ghani says the way should be paved where people's homes have been built; Governments have a responsibility to save millions of victims; I want the commission to be headed by a former judge of the Supreme Court; Imran Khan's house was regularised by imposing a fine

♦Another committee starts an investigation into a dispute between Zartaj Gul and Amin Aslam at the Glasgow Conference; the committee on Climate Change has sought details; Zartaj Gul says she went to the conference following PM Imran Khan’s instructions 

♦After Honda, Suzuki, Toyota, Changan Company announced increase the prices of vehicles. The prices of various models of Elson surges by Rs275,000, Elson 1500cc by 2.6 million

♦Shooting a modeling event at Kartarpur; Sikhs show serious concerns;  They say Kartarpur is a religious place, not a movie set; Info minister Fawad Chaudhry demands apology from designer and model; fashion brand owner tender apology after the issue made headlines

♦Smog blankets Punjab; Lahore the worst hit city, followed by Bahawalpur, Faisalabad and Multan; citizens have been making a litany of complaints about respiratory issues; doctors urges people to wear masks

♦Blizzard Aaron wreaks havoc in Britain; mercury falls to minus 8 degree centigrade due to icy winds blowing at a speed of 100 miles per hour; heavy snowfall disrupts life of millions of people; three people die in different accidents