Today’s outlook: Karachi encroachments demolished, Saba Qamar in court

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

• The NDMA will resume its ‘grand operation’ against encroachments on Karachi’s Gujjar Nullah today. On Wednesday, residents protested against the operation.
• PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif is in Karachi for a meeting with PPP leaders. Prime Minister Imran Khan will also be heading to the city on Friday. The premier is expected to announce a big ‘transformation package’ for Karachi.
• The monsoon rains wreaked havoc in Karachi leaving behind roads flooded with knee-deep water. With time, although the roads have dried up, the sinkholes in them remained there creating disruptions for traffic.
• Actor Saba Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed appeared before a sessions court in Lahore over the controversial mosque shoot for their music video Qabool.
• The opposition’s Rehbar Committee will meet today. The meeting will decide a tentative date for the APC.
• The addition of two ministers, Shahram Khan and Anwar Zeb, has been made to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s cabinet. Their departments will be announced later.
• The KPT underpass in Clifton has been closed for traffic after people on social media complained about the weak walls following the rains.
• ICYMI: The Pakistan Peoples Party has demanded an investigation against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special assistant Lieutenant General (retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa after a website published a story regarding assets owned by his family.