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♦ PTI Chairman Imran Khan has announced that his party has decided not to be a part of the current political system and will instead resign from all assemblies. “We will not be a part of this system. We have decided to quit all assemblies and get out of this corrupt system. PTI has decided not to go to Islamabad to prevent any mayhem or chaos,” Imran said. That he would soon meet his chief ministers and parliamentary party over the matter and would soon announce when the party would leave the assemblies.
♦ PTI workers barged into an enclosure reserved for women and VIPs at the party’s meeting place in Rawalpindi. The workers have taken away the chairs, while the police and the organizers have failed to stop them. In Hangu, a PTI leader started thrashing a journalist when asked about the low participation by party workers in their much-hyped power show.
♦ PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz termed PTI’s virtual Azadi March as “the longest unsuccessful march full of drama after drama”. Maryam said that all her plans, including the story of a conspiracy hatched by PTI chairman Imran Khan and interference in the appointment of the army chief, have failed miserably. “That’s how conspiracies end,” she said.
♦ Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that all claims of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf that there was a “tsunami” of people in today’s Long March turned out to be false as less than 15,000 people were seen.
♦ JUI chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman hit out at Imran Khan, saying the country is facing economic problems because of the PTI chief. Addressing a rally in Manshera, he said that Pakistan is facing political chaos and Imran Khan’s fake government has put the country on the brink of economic disaster. He said that we fought to protect the state and saved the country from bankruptcy. He said the rupee was appreciating against the US dollar and the new government stopped its free fall.
♦ Residents of the twin cities are suffering due to PTI’s long march leading to suspension of daily life and educational activities; Islamabad Police is fully prepared to deal with the marchers
♦ Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif left for home on Saturday after completing a two-day visit to Turkey. Shehbaz woos Turkish investors with promise of timely payments
♦ Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif with the President of ECO Trade and Development Bank during a signing ceremony of financial aid to Pakistan
♦ Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gave a pleasant surprise to the ordinary Turkish citizens here after mingling with them and conversing with them in their own Turkish language. People also availed themselves of the unique opportunity of getting photographs clicked with the Prime Minister.
♦ Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Atta Tarar released a video showing where the Toshakhana gifts are being kept
♦ At least nine terrorists were killed in a fierce exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces in Sia Koh area of Kohlu district of Balochistan. The terrorists were involved in the Kohlu Bazar bombing, which killed four people and injured 19 passers-by. The organization was involved in kidnapping for ransom, extortion and attacks on security forces in the region.
♦ The Counter Terrorism Department Punjab arrested nine alleged terrorists belonging to defunct organizations in different areas of Lahore and Rawalpindi during an operation; Karachi Police has arrested an accused involved in the murder of a police officer and two other persons from Pak Colony.
♦ Smog haunts most parts of Punjab including Lahore as the Punjab government failed to meet the World Bank target to combat smog.
♦ Federal IT and Telecom Minister Syed Aminul Haq wrote a letter to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar regarding the possible shutdown of Google applications in Pakistan in the wake of cancellation of $34 million payment by the State Bank of Pakistan to international service providers.
♦ Doctors and paramedical staff in Sindh will get Health Risk Allowance at par with other provinces
♦ In Gujranwala, youths attacked girl students bus and molested and tortured girl students.
♦ Police arrested two of the five men who gang-raped a woman in Kunjah area of Gujarat district.
♦ The Pakistan Test team continued their practice session for the second day at the Islamabad Club under the supervision of head coach Saqlain Mushtaq and batting coach Muhammad Yousuf.
♦ Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 in World Cup match; Poland beat Saudi Arabia 2-0
♦ Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey received the first red card of the Qatar World Cup on Friday after he was sent off for knocking down Iran’s Mehdi Taremi outside the area late in the match. Storer was initially given a yellow card but this was upgraded to a red card in the 86th minute following the intervention of the video assistant referee.
♦ New Lollywood movie Zarar released on the big screen
