Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Updates on Sharif’s Saudia Arabia trip, Fazlur Rehman calls for province status for FATA, PTI announces rally in support of Sugarcane producers in Karachi, and more!
Nawaz Sharif to discuss national interest matters on trip to Saudia Arabia
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday arrived in Saudi Arabia where he would hold meetings with the royal family on what his party said “matters of national interest and not for personal reasons”- Source: Dawn News
JUI-F Chief Fazlur Rehman calls for province status for FATA
Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday called for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) to be granted the status of a province and vowed to continue his stand against the proposed merger of the tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa- Source: Dawn News
Tahir-ul- Qadri adds Nawaz Sharif to list of those responsible for Model Town incident
The participants of a multi-party conference (MPC), hosted by the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on Saturday, added former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to the list of those responsible for the Model Town incident, and pledged to oppose another ‘National Reconciliation Ordinance’ (NRO), or any other relief, offered to grant him immunity from prosecution- Source: Dawn News
PTI announces rally in support of Karachi’s Sugarcane protesters
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has announced that it would take out a procession from Hyderabad to Karachi on Jan 3 if the official price of Rs182 per 40kg is not offered to sugarcane growers by mill owners- Source: Dawn News