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♦ Centre, KP govt to make Kurram peace deal successful: PM Shehbaz: Regrets attempt to sabotage the peace agreement: Informs cabinet UAE hasrolled over $2 billion debt: Cut in power tariff not without IMF nod

♦ Govt has abolished 150,000 vacancies, says finance minister: Aurangzeb says ministries to be lumped together to reduce govt size; Ministry of Capital Administration and Development Division to be abolished

♦ Hundreds of Afghans detained in Pakistan: Afghan embassy

♦ 40 foreign players included in Platinum category for PSL-10 draft

♦ Water sprinklers to be installed at 1,500 points in Lahore to combat pollution

♦ International flights resume at Damascus airport

♦ Daughters burn father to death in Gujranwala

♦ SC judge questions ‘executive’s role as judge’ in military trials of civilians: Justice Mandokhel says Army Act only limited to trials of armed forces personnel;  Justice Hilali says powers have been broadened for civilians’ military trial

♦ Court orders jail authorities to present Imran Khan on Jan 28 in bail cases: PTI founder and Bushra Bibi face Islambad court in seven vandalism cases of 2023 protest; Defence lawyer says arguments on Imran Khan’s bail applications concluded; Expects Imran Khan's bail on next hearing

♦ Pervaiz Elahi indicted in kickbacks reference: Former Punjab CM denies corruption charges in Gujrat development projects: Judge accepts Elahi's request for permanent exemption from court appearance

♦ Ex-hockey players laud Mohsin Naqvi’s stance on ICC Champions Trophy

♦ Three slain brothers' funeral offered in Tandlianwala; 8 suspects arrested: Funeral prayers offered in three brothers native village under heavy police security! Authorities sought NADRA’s assistance to identify culprits captured on CCTV footage! Fact-finding report on murders in police station lockup expected today

♦ SHOs of four Islamabad police stations suspended for negligence

♦ Sukkur-bound PIA flight returns to Karachi due to fault

♦ Motorways M-2, M-3, M-4 and M-11 closed due to dense fog

♦ Biting cold in country’s northern areas as temperature at Taobat drops to -26

♦ Poliovirus in sewage lines of 12 cities of three provinces confirmed

♦ Jemima Goldsmith injured after falling from mountain in South Africa

♦ Signal-free corridor project launched in Gujranwala

♦ Domestic female worker shot dead in Gujranwala

♦ Attempt to smuggle drugs in guava crates foiled in Islamabad

♦ England urged to boycott Afghanistan match by British politicians

♦ US lawmakers certify Trump win, four years after Capitol riot

♦ Trudeau resigns as Canada PM citing ‘internal battles’

♦ US releases 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo prison

♦ Judge rejects Trump request to delay hush money sentencing

♦ Meta Names UFC boss Dana White, a Trump ally, to board

♦ 53 killed as earthquake jolts China's Tibet region, levelling several buildings: Powerful tremors also felt in Nepal and India