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Today’s outlook: Indian court to announce verdict in Babri Mosque demolition


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

  • The cabinet’s Economic Coordination Committee will meet today. The agenda for the meeting will include the sale price of gas and plans regarding the payment of international debts.
  • OGRA has given a recommendation to keep petrol prices stagnant. The Ministry of Energy will make an official announcement.
  • All primary classes across the country resumed today. Sindh’s primary classes resumed on September 28.
  • A two-member division bench will hear former president Asif Ali Zardari’s petition in the Islamabad High Court to quash the Park Lane and money laundering references filed against him by NAB.
  • The National Accountability Bureau has summoned former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in an illegal appointment case at its Rawalpindi headquarters.
  • A special Indian court will pass a judgment in the Babri Masjid demolition case. BJP veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are among those accused. The mosque was demolished in 1992.
  • A meeting of PML-N’s central executive committee will be held today and that of working committee will be held on Thursday.
  • The suspect accused in the murder of three women and a man in Rawalpindi has been arrested. He will be presented before a court today.
  • Actor Mirza Shahi died due to coronavirus. His funeral prayers will be held at the Bab-ul-Ilm imambargah at Zuhr today.
  • The Lahore police have said that the survivor in the motorway rape case has agreed to record her statement.
  • PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah will appear before an accountability court in Lahore.
  • Four people were killed and 12 injured during an explosion in Judge Bazar in Mardan.
  • Two alleged terrorists were killed in an operation in Balochistan’s Kech, according to the ISPR. Heavy explosives and other weapons were seized from their possession.
  • Prime Minister Imran Khan met Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation Chairperson Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday and discussed Pakistan-Afghanistan peace.
  • An accountability court has ordered the arrest of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s wife and daughter. Shehbaz has been remanded into NAB custody for 14 days.
  • Pakistan is all set for its second overseas series with New Zealand. The two teams will play three T20Is and two Tests from December 18 to January 7.
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