• Parliament to discuss economic matters, PDM rallies, Senate elections • Federal Cabinet approves formation of committee to investigate Broadsheet controversy • Bakhtawar Bhutto’s Mehndi to be held today at Bilawal House • Maryam Nawaz will not attend the wedding • Maulana Fazl ur Rehman has not been invited to Bakhtawar’s wedding • European Parliament takes notice of the DisInfo Lab report of Indian propaganda against Pakistan • IMF predicts Pakistan’s GDP growth for 2020-21 at 1.5% compared to previous year • Pakistan HC, UK consulates discontinue manual visa processing given online visa facility • Crude oil rose 22 cents to $52.83 a barrel • Gold fell $6.50 to $1,944.40 an ounce • PSX:100 Index is up 152 points at 46,440 • Punjab govt. bans Basant celebrations this year: CM Usman Buzdar • Legal measures to be taken against people involved in flying, selling or buying kites and accessories: Buzdar • Sindh establishes 14 Covid vaccine centers, 9 centers set up in Karachi • Malaysian court releases PIA plane over settlement between the two parties • Putin had first telephonic conversation with newly sworn in US President Joe Biden • Chinese donated vaccines to be reached the country shortly: Dr Faisal Sultan • Educational institutions to be reopened on February 1: NCOC • 4 lac health workers registered for vaccine jabs
