♦ The people involved in the Sialkot tragedy received show cause warnings from manager Priyantha Kumara; the strict discipline of the manager and the workers who took the job made them feel resentful, the factory owners disappeared at the time of the incident; terrifying revelations in the investigation into the murder of a Sri Lankan citizen;118 arrested including 13 prime accused; people who take selfies, make videos and throw stones are trapped in the clutches of the law; the main accused Saboor continued to provoke people

♦ About 25 enraged people looked for the Sri Lankan manager; they  beat him and disfigured his face 

♦ Malik Adnan tried to save Sri Lankan export manager Priyantha Kumara from the frenzied workers; he took the Sri Lankan to the roof of the factory and slammed the roof door shut behind him; he kept on pleading the frantic mob not to hurt Kumara rather they should hand him over to the police

♦ Punjab IG Rao Sardar said police were investigating with the help of 160 CCTV cameras

♦ According to the preliminary investigation, there had already been a dispute; the factory owners had mediated between the workers and the manager

♦ 99% of Priyantha’s body was completely burned; Priyantha Kumara bones were broken from various parts of his body

♦ Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has expressed shock over the lynching of a Lankan factory manager by a mob in Pakistan; urging his counterpart Imran Khan to bring all those involved in this brutal attack to justice; Prime Minister Imran Khan had already vowed to punish those involved in this brutal incident

♦ The wife of a Sri Lankan citizen demands justice; says my husband was innocent and the murder is inhumane, the victim’s wife talks to the BBC

♦ Top-notch religious scholars including Mufti Taqi Usmani, Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman and Maulana Fazal ur Rehman condemn the lynching of Sri Lankan factory manager

♦ Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President and Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has lashed out at the government for its being inefficient saying a common man finds it hard to eke out his living; says that decision regarding the long march would be taken on Dec 6; says the government was making this country a slave to the International Monetary Fund

♦ The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) steering committee important meeting will be convened virtually on Dec 5 as PML-N has backtracked on its proposal to resign from Parliament; the meeting will be chaired by PML-N leader and former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

♦ NA-133 by-elections in the Lahore constituency would be conducted, tomorrow

♦ CJP Gulzar says courts are independent; says will continue giving decisions freely

♦ Robbery occurred at the office of Deputy Commissioner Vehari

♦ AQI Lahore is not showing any signs of improvement as the level of pollution recorded in the city was 325 AQI making it again stay on the second most polluted city of the world index

♦ Corona new variant omicron reported in 38 countries

♦ Pakistan was off to a cautious start on the first day of the second Test against Bangladesh; the tourists scored 161 runs for the loss of two wickets on the first day

♦ Ajaz Patel of Blackcaps becomes the third bowler in history to take 10 wickets in an innings

♦ Veena Malik’s mother threw a water bottle at Asad Khattak after case hearing

♦ Ajrak making factories busy ahead of Sindh Ajrak Day

♦ Stage actresses Zara Khan, Mehak and Silk were secretly filmed in Shalimar Theater’s changing room