Politics
Local Government Elections
The polling time for the LG elections in Karachi and Hyderabad has ended. Votes are being counted.
MQM
MQM has boycotted the LG elections in Karachi and Hyderabad. They have not become a part of today’s polling process.
CM KPK
CM KPK Mahmood Khan has announced that he’ll send the summary of the dissolution of the KP Assembly on Tuesday.
Imran Khan
Imran Khan says that the establishment is still playing role in politics. PTI members from South Punjab are being asked to join PPP. Khan also says that the fractions of MQM have been brought together for political engineering.
Fawad Chaudhry
Fawad Chaudhry has said that PTI is hopeful that they will be able to finalize the names for the caretaker government in Punjab. He also said that they have completed that consultation with Parvez Elahi in a meeting today in Zaman Park.
Petroleum Prices
The government has decided to retain the petroleum prices till 31 January. There will be no increase in petroleum prices till the end of January.
Plane Crash
Plane carrying 72 people crashes in Nepal. At least 68 were killed in Nepal’s worst air crash in three decades.
Sports
Women’s U19 T20 World Cup
Pakistan has won its first match in the Women’s U19 T20 World Cup. Pakistan has defeated Rwanda by 8 wickets. Eyman Fatima won the Player of the Match award after scoring 65 runs not out.
In other Women’s U19 World Cup matches, England defeated Zimbabwe, New Zealand defeated Indonesia, and West Indies defeated Ireland.
India
India defeated Sri Lanka in the third ODI of the three-match series by a record margin of 317 runs. India has also whitewashed Sri Lanka in the series.
Health
China recorded 60 deaths in December 2022 due to the Coronavirus. This is the number of deaths counted from public hospitals only.