Today’s outlook: Karachi turns chilly after rain, PM in Lahore

Here are some of the stories we will be following today (Wednesday):

  • The World Economic Forum will be celebrating Pakistan Strategic Day today. The president of the forum will interview Prime Minister Imran Khan at 9am.
  • The premier will head to Lahore on a one-day trip. He will inaugurate the Firdous Market Underpass.
  • PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is self-isolating after his political secretary tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Bilawal awaiting his test results.
  • The Punjab cabinet has approved the release of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz on parole for five days.
  • ASI Muhammad Bux, the officer who arrested the suspects in the Kashmore rape case, has been appointed police training officer in Karachi.
  • Karachi turned chilly after it rained in the city Tuesday night. Light showers are expected throughout the day today.
  • PML-N’s Khawaja Saad Rafique will appear before an accountability court in Lahore.
  • Actor Mahira Khan has another feather in her cap. She has been chosen as one of BBC’s 100 most influential women who have helped drive social change this year.
  • YouTube has banned far right One America News Network, one of US President Donald Trump’s favored channels — for a week, AFP reported.
  • With music, treats and balloons, friends of Pakistan’s only Asian elephant threw a farewell party for the creature ahead of its relocation to Cambodia following years of campaigning by animal rights activists.


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