♦ PDM Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced the opposition alliance will hold an ‘anti-inflation march’ to Islamabad on March 23

♦ Asif Ali Zardari says we belong to this country and we will die here; says world wants to break Pakistan but we will not allow this to happen; says we will save Pakistan and move forward

♦ Senior government ministers along with opposition leaders skipped the in-camera session on the national security of National Assembly

♦ Grand Democratic Alliance leader Saira Bano says we are asked to put a lid on the water vessel and turn off the heater before going to bed

♦ Priyantha Kumara body was cremated in front of the police; officers stood and watched the show; revelations in the Sri Lankan murder case; the negligence of factory owners also comes to the fore; police were called 85 minutes after the Sri Lankan manager was lynched; a few meters from the scene, but the police arrived 15 minutes later; by then it was too late, the manager had died

♦ Abid also tried hard to save the life of the Sri Lankan manager; Malik Adnan, the recipient of the ‘Tamgha e Shujaat’, is summoned to the Prime Minister's House

♦ Main accused in Sialkot tragedy Imtiaz alias Billi was arrested

♦ PM Khan says Sialkot tragedy made us bow our heads in shame; says culprits of the incident should be punished; Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed says that no one will be allowed to carry out religious extremism; says will give exemplary punishments to those responsible behind the lynching of Sri Lankan manager

♦ Priyantha Kumara's body sent to Colombo; Sri Lankan government satisfied with Pakistani authorities' investigation; Sri Lankan envoy says Pakistan government took timely action on the tragic incident; says the incident will not affect the relationship between of two countries

♦ Dramatic scene of prisoners escaping from police custody at Model Town Court, Lahore; first, they staged infighting followed by a brutal attack on cops who stepped in for restoring order; 11 prisoners including the murder’s suspect escaped; preliminary report of the incident submitted to CM: two suspects arrested

♦ DIG Operations Lahore Ahsan Younis appointed as IG Islamabad in place of Qazi Jameel

♦ Crime graph in Lahore has reached to alarming level; in the last 10 months, 674 children and 1487 women have been abducted; 195 children and 615 women have not been identified yet

♦ 4 women killed in the name of honour in Rahim Yar Khan; included mother, two daughters and one cousin; woman injured in firing is undergoing treatment at the hospital; three murder suspects arrested; police recovered murder weapon and sought the help of forensic experts

♦ Shaukat Tarin says inflation is up to a few media houses and the opposition, when the people will not vote for us then will see; says inflation is not only in Pakistan but in the whole world

♦ IMF will monitor the accounts of all the institutions of the country; all government agencies will transfer their accounts to SBP; Data will be accessible to IMF after SBP's independence

♦ MQM announces jail-wide movement against new local government act in Sindh; former mayor Wasim Akhtar asked the workers who want to go to jail to register their names; In reply, Murtaza Wahab says Wasim Akhtar kept saying for four years that he did not have any authority; says do not whether his job is to do politics or objection

♦ Chairman FBR says that talks are underway with property dealers in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore; Senator Kamil Ali Agha said that it is not possible to stamp the government

♦ Protest of Sindh Young Nurses Association in Karachi intensified on the seventh day.

♦ Pakistan Army helicopter crashes in Siachen; two pilots Major Irfan Bercha and Major Raja Zeeshan Jahanzeb martyred; Pak Army troops reached the spot

♦ A new pair of spectacles is installed on the statue of Quaid-e-Azam in Vehari

♦ British driver Lewis Hamilton wins Formula 1 Saudi Grand Prix; in the controversial race, Max Verstappen from the Netherlands remained in second place; fireworks display after the race

♦ Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Hamza Shehbaz Sharif sang Bollywood love songs in a family gathering and now the video of him making rounds on the social networking platforms

♦ Shoaib Malik's wife and tennis star Sania Mirza is angry with Skipper Babar Azam; Babar Azam declared Sarfraz Ahmed's wife as his favourite Bhabhi; an old clip of Malik and Sania chatting goes viral on the internet

♦ Qawwali maestro Aziz Mian remembered on his 21st death anniversary today; words that Aziz Mian recited touched the hearts of the listeners; Awiz was awarded Pride of Performance and other awards in recognition of his musical services