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- Mother, teenage daughter among 4 killed during CTD ‘encounter’ in Sahiwal Eyewitness accounts differ drastically from CTD claims that family members were killed during a shootout with suspects.
- Khawaja brothers’ physical remand extended till Jan 26 NAB seeks more time for investigation in Paragon Housing Society scam case.
- CJP Khosa does not have social media accounts, clarifies top court The Supreme Court takes notice of a fake Twitter account claiming to be associated with Justice Khosa.
- Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold 2nd summit US president will attempt to broker a deal to coax North Korea to give up it nuclear weapons.
- NA body recommends bill for increasing IHC judges Opposition members disagree, say govt’s reason for doing so is ‘insufficient’.
- LHC officer accuses senior staff of threatening him Whistleblower says LHC senior officials are forcing him to withdraw his petition against promotions.
- Action recommended against five cops for aiding land mafia Five officers have been accused of depriving an overseas Pakistani of his property and facilitating land grabbers.
- Truckers to block entry, exit points of Lahore from today Transporters protest against government for allegedly disturbing their businesses.
- SHC irked by NAB’s failure in completing inquiries in graft cases The court deplores that corruption is rampant in the country and Sindh is sinking in it.
- Swine flu kills 40 in Rajasthan Last year around 1,100 people died across India by the highly contagious A H1N1 virus.
- Wife of Chinese ex-Interpol chief seeks asylum in France Grace Meng has remained in Lyon, the site of Interpol’s headquarters, since her husband Meng Hongwei disappeared.
- PIA plane escapes being hit by mysterious drone Incident has been reported to Civil Aviation Authority, says PIA spokesperson.
- Three Indian soldiers killed in Pakistan response to shelling “Unprovoked firing” by Indian forces injures 50-year-old man in village across Line of Control.
- Outsourcing of power dues recovery under consideration PAC’s sub-committee looks into losses of power distribution companies.
- Four key areas under CPEC prioritised PM orders groundbreaking of three special economic zones by end of June.
- NOC granted to Raheel for heading Saudi-led military coalition NOC has been issued in view of an approval that was granted by federal cabinet.
- Let parliamentary panel probe dam project contract: Shahbaz Opposition leader says awarding contract to Descon would be an “open case of conflict of interest”.
- Concrete progress on Afghan talks awaited: US envoy Pakistan is committed to facilitating peace process in Afghanistan, PM Khan tells Zalmay Khalilzad.
- MQM-P demands amendment in constitution for ’empowered local government system’ Khalid Maqbool calls for devolving 20pc powers of the Sindh local government department into local and district bodies.
- PPP says ‘no’ to second extension in tenure of military courts Farhatullah Babar says terrorism incidents have declined hence there is “no justification” for military courts.
- Murad slams Centre for ‘delaying’ federally funded projects in Sindh Demands additional allocation of 1,200 cusecs for Karachi.
- Nawaz has vague symptoms of pain in arms: medical report Medical board has recommended more tests.
- Cracks in Punjab ruling coalition as minister quits PML-Q’s lone minister in provincial cabinet complains of PTI’s ‘undue’ interference.
- Over 100,000kg human hair exported to China Human hair worth $132,000 was exported to China, Ministry of Commerce and Textile tells National Assembly.
- Razzak Dawood eyes record exports in 2019, calls for reduction in imports Says reducing imports are vital for economic growth.
- Used car imports jolted as govt revives restrictions Traders of used cars anticipate drastic fall in import.
- FBR detects over Rs14bn sales tax evasion “More breakthroughs are expected in some other high profile cases involving billions of sales tax evasion”: official.
- Concrete progress on Afghan talks awaited: US envoy Pakistan is committed to facilitating peace process in Afghanistan, PM Khan tells Zalmay Khalilzad.
- Imran asks UNGA chief to probe rights abuses in held Kashmir Espinosa has arrived on a five-day visit to Pakistan.
- Myanmar army kills 13 rebels in Rakhine clashes The violence has brought fresh turmoil to the site of a massive crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017.
- More can be done to improve SA pitches: Ramiz Ramiz believes that improved pitches would also be advantageous for the South African batsmen.
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