Today’s outlook: Court hears Nawaz’s ECL plea, Lahore’s schools close

Here are some developing stories we are expecting to follow today (Friday).

• The Lahore High Court has summoned the federal government and the National Accountability Bureau’s replies today on a plea filed by the PML-N seeking former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s name to be removed from the Exit Control List.
• Prime Minister Imran Khan has called a meeting of the core members of PTI. The meeting will discuss Nawaz Sharif’s departure abroad and Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s “Plan B”.
• JUI-F members will shut down the Attock Bridge which connects Punjab with Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa. Other highways throughout the country will also be closed.
• A meeting of the PPP’s core committee will be held today at Zardari House in Islamabad. It will be followed by a media briefing.
• The Punjab Education Department has announced that it will close all public and private schools in Lahore, Gujranwala and Faisalabad today and tomorrow due to poor air quality.
• ICYMI: At least 20 people, including women and children, have lost their lives and 10 have been injured after being struck by lightning in Tharparkar. Click here to read the entire story.

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