♦ Nawaz Sharif says £190m scam biggest larceny in country’s history: Says those who used to talk of State of Medina, they themselves are devoid of ethics

♦ Gilgit Baltistan should be Pakistan’s Singapore, says PM Kakar: Interacts with students at Aga Khan Medical College in Karachi: Supports equal rights for minorities: Calls for enforcing meritocracy

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

♦ Personal doctor allowed to meet Pervaiz Elahi in jail

♦ Court acquits Ahad Cheema in assets beyond income case

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

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

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

♦ LHC orders sealing of cafes violating time limitations

♦ LHC judge refers Imran Khan’s plea against disqualification to chief justice: Recommends petition be heard by five-judge larger bench already seized with petitions of same nature

♦ 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

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

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

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

♦ Gold price loses shine by Rs300 per tola

♦ Two robbers who looted policemen shot dead in ‘encounter’ in Hafizabad

♦ Thousands of dollars looted in robbery outside Karachi bank

♦ CTD arrests most-wanted TTP terrorist from Karachi

♦ Woman axed to death by husband, sister-in-law in Narowal

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