FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT- First session of Pakistan's 15th Parliament summoned tomorrow.

(Newly Elected members of Parliament will take oath on the 1st day)

POLITICAL PARTIES’ POSITION IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - PTI's NA total rises to 158 after addition of 33 reserved seats for women and minorities.  

ECP’S NOTIFICATION ON RESERVED SEATS - Election commission issues notification of successful members of National and Provincial Assemblies on reserved seats for women and minorities.

PTI VOWS TO AMEND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IN COUNTRY - Party’s spokesperson of Fawad Chaudhary says consultations are in progress in this regard. 

MOONSIGHTING FOR ZIL-HAJJ-  Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meets in Karachi this evening.

SYRIA MASSACRE - at least 53 people, including 28 children, have been killed in fierce bombardment on Idlib and Aleppo provinces.

Russia has shot down a drone that came close to its air base at Hmeimim in Syria and        was launched from the Idlib “de-escalation” zone controlled.

TURKEY’S ECONOMY - President Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s economy is not in a crisis and we will fight 'economic war.   

US-IRAN RELATIONS- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says there was no meeting planned with U.S. officials including his counterpart Mike Pompeo at UNGA

US-FRANCE RELATIONS-  U.S. President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a telephonic conversation have discussed a broad range of trade and security issues, including the situation in Iran and the broader Middle East.

Host: Aneeqa Tariq

Co-Host: Syed Asim Raza

Program Incharge: Shehzad Ghauri