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September 13, 2021 11:33 PM
⌚Govt bars journalists’ entry in parliament; Opposition joins hands with journalists in protest against PMAD; Opposition chants slogan of media freedom during President's address in joint session; President lauds govt, criticises opposition; Also, advises world to follow Imran Khan
⌚Journalists protest outside Parliament House against PMDA Bill; Shahbaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto, Fazlur Rehman participate in protest; Opposition leaders ask govt not to bring black law; Bilawal warns he will go to court if proposed bill is passed by force
⌚Govt ally MQM supports demands of journalists; Federal Minister for Information Technology Aminul Haq expresses solidarity with journalists; says MQM stands by journalists
⌚Journalists’ harassment suo motu case; Justice Qazi Amin remarks if anyone has problem with journalists, take legal action; says shooting and torture is illegal; questions if accused in Minar-e-Pakistan incident can be caught why can't attackers of journalists be caught?
⌚CJ says motives behind bar councils’ protest against appointment of judges not understandable; Addresses full court reference; CJ says always seek opinion of bar council on appointment; says door of consultations always open
⌚Govt decides to pass all students of class X and XII; Failed students to be given 33 marks; Shafqat Mahmood chairs Inter-Provincial Ministers of Education conference
⌚Coronavirus uncontrollable in Lahore; Highest rate of positive corona cases in country recorded in Lahore at 14%; 549 cases were reported in the city in 24 hours; 2,988 new cases surfaced in country in 24 hours; 67 lost their lives to pandemic
⌚Neck and neck competition of PML-N, PTI in cantonment board elections; PTI wins 63 seats, PML-N gets 59; 52 independent candidates win; PPP wins17 seats, MQM gets10 seats; Jamaat-e-Islami wins seven seats, Balochistan Awami Party and Awami National Party win two seats each
⌚1100-day rule of PTI; sugar prices gone up by Rs51 during rule of PTI, 20 kg bag of flour gone up by Rs450; ghee by Rs192 per kg
⌚Dollar reaches all-time high price of Rs169 in open market; New wave of inflation all set to come; Price of British pound reaches at Rs234; Saudi riyal goes up at Rs45
⌚Chicken prices go up at Rs306 per kg; Eggs prices start rising; Eggs dozen price rises to Rs178
⌚First passenger flight of PIA to Kabul after the Taliban govt; PIA Boeing plane takes foreign journalists to Kabul; World Bank and international news agencies teams fly from Kabul to Islamabad by PIA;
⌚Law enforcement agencies catch woman who gets registered false cases of rape; Several govt employees including MPA Faisal Khan Niazi and income tax officers fell victim
⌚Rameez Raja elected unopposed PCB chairman; Says he comes to do something not to be abused
⌚Pakistan, New Zealand cricket team members tested corona negative; Visiting team starts training; National team also getting ready for matches; First match of series to be played on September 17
⌚Urs of great Sufi saint of the subcontinent, Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya Multani, kicks off
⌚Dubai Expo preparations in full swing; Prime Minister of UAE, Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum arrive on bicycle to inspect preparations; Event to start on October 1; Representatives from 192 countries will attend
⌚MTV Music Awards Festival; Red carpet shine with entry of Hollywood artists