♦ Sky is the limit as index smashes through 66,000-mark at Pakistan Stock Exchange: Index up by 1,426 points

♦ Court acquits Ahad Cheema in assets beyond income case

♦ ECP rejects Akbar S Babar’s plea for reconducting PTI intra-party polls

♦ SC to hear FIA appeal seeking restoration of FIR against Moonis Elahi

♦ IMF board likely to approve next tranche for Pakistan in Jan 11 meeting

♦ Pakistani rupee stays strong against US dollar despite drop in forex reserves

♦ UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire call: Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, Reuters journalist killed in Israeli attacks

♦ Balochistan’s Abdul Quddus Bizenjo joins PPP

♦ HC voids demarcation of new constituencies in Wazirabad, Gakhar Mandi: Orders ECP to also review matter of NA-123 and NA-120 constituencies of Lahore

♦ CM Naqvi reviews another under-construction road project in Lahore

♦ Pakistan bowlers fail to crack up PM XI’s batting line-up in warm-up match