♦ Weather is cloudy in Colombo as Pakistan and India set to resume their Asia Cup Super Round match today

♦ Outgoing CJP, AGP differ on reasons behind ever-rising SC caseload: Justice Bandial says Supreme Court was tested by entangling it in constitutional matters while Attorney General says high-profile cases under 184/3 affect general petitioners: Suggests apex court to spend its time hearing cases under Article 185

♦ FIA tries to dent Imran Khan’s bail plea in cipher case: Court again orders authorities to let PTI chief speak with his sons on phone: Summons a report by Friday

♦ FC soldier martyred as bomb blast targets security forces’ vehicle in Peshawar

♦ Caretaker govt striving for ‘right decisions’ instead of popular decisions: PM Kakar: Says SIFC is working on removing ‘ills’ in governance: Elections should be held before Senate polls due in March: Govt taking steps to rationalize expenditures, increase revenue

♦ SHC rejects appeals of condemned convicts in Baldia factory fire case

♦ Crackdown against sugar mafia and electricity thieves continues in country

♦ Pakistani rupee knocks down US dollar in interbank yet again: Greenback plunges below interbank rate in open market

♦ Court releases Ali Wazir on bail

♦ Number of HIV/AIDS patients reaches 4,551 in Larkana

♦ Minister Gohar Ejaz decides not to take salary

♦ 75^th death anniversary of Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is being observed today

♦ Former first lady Kulsoom Nawaz’s 4th death anniversary today