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♦ World welcomes 2025 with light shows, ice plunges and joy

♦ Pakistanis greet 2025 in a blaze of lights and festivities: Sky lit with joyful fireworks in big cities at midnight; Governor's House Sindh sets world record with 40-minute fireworks; Aerial firing and one-wheeling in Karachi and Lahore injure 27, police arrest 46 offenders; Shakargarh hosts country’s first sunrise of the new year; Special prayers for peace and prosperity offer in mosques, churches, temples

♦ PM Shehbaz chairs cabinet meeting with focus on security and economic situation

♦ Special B Forms for kids over 10 years of age to be issued from Jan 15 Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi says these forms will prevent the misuse of children’s identity marks

♦ Bilawal Bhutto hopes for progress, prosperity and development in 2025

♦ Terrorists target OGDCL operations in Qila Saifullah: Vehicle destroyed in blast near OGDCL camp, driver injured

♦ ECP ex-spokesman Altaf Ahmed passes away

♦ LHC moved against hike in Petroleum products’ prices

♦ Share prices hit all-time high mark at Pakistan Stock Exchange

♦ PIA makes emergency landing at Karachi Airport

♦ Son drives DIG’s official car, hits woman on New Year night in Karachi: Garden police trying to hide true story behind DIG’s son accident

 ♦ PCB may change venue of PSL drafting from Gwadar to Lahore

♦ Murree, Galiyat brace for snow-rain spell

♦ Country’s upper areas, including Lahore, to receive rains: Snowfall predicted for Murree, Galyat, AJK, northern areas

♦ Schools in Punjab to observe ‘Speak Truth’ month

♦ WHO evacuates 55 patients from Gaza to UAE

♦ Biden tries to Trump-proof agenda, bolster legacy in final days in office