♦ Govt asks PTI to present charter of demands in next round of talks: First round of parleys ends at Parliament House; next will be held on Jan 2: Ayaz Sadiq optimistic: PTI demands prisoners’ release: Only three PTI leaders participated in talks
♦ Court to now pronounce verdict in Al-Qadir Trust case on Jan 6
♦ Punjab CM blames PTI for introducing ‘indecent practices’ into politics: Maryam Nawaz launches phase-II of Honahar Scholarship Programme
♦ 11 May 9 convicts shifted to Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail
♦ Public holiday announced on December 25
♦ President, PM shower praise on cricket team for outclassing South Africa
♦ Imran Khan will walk free if Al-Qadir Trust verdict given on merit, says Gohar
♦ Terrorists behead two passengers in Kurram, release gruesome video: Both travellers going to Parachinar from Hangu: They pay handsome money to friends belonging to rival party for safe passage; Local MNA Hameed Hussain criticizes govt policies and disarmament of Parachinar people amid rising terrorism in area
♦ Rain in Punjab cities, including Lahore, brings prolonged dry spell to end: Showers reported from Chunian, Pattoki, Allahabad, Arifwala, Fort Abbas, other areas
♦ Share prices surge by over 3,000 points at Pakistan Stock Exchange
♦ Islamabad’s F-8 underpass to open for traffic from Tuesday
♦ Housewife gang-raped at her home in Phoolnagar
♦ Mardan Girls Cadet College functioning sans building
♦ Woman hurt after fake Pir made her stand on burning coal during exorcism
♦ Police officer found dead in Islamabad flat
♦ Sindh’s Nai Gaj Dam incomplete even after 19 years
♦ Run machine Saim Ayub shines as Pakistan sweep South Africa
♦ Israeli air attacks kill 35 Palestinians in Gaza
♦ Syria's new leader says all weapons to come under 'state control'
♦ Canada's Trudeau losing support within his party: MPs
♦ Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza since Oct: Oxfam
♦ Saudi Arabia resumes operations at its embassy in Kabul