Pakistan
PM Shehbaz to visit Gwadar today
In a short span of one month, it is the second visit of the Prime Minister to Gwadar where he will meet local fishermen.

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay a one-day visit to Gwadar today.
In a short span of one month, it is the second visit of the Prime Minister to Gwadar where he will meet local fishermen.
Shehbaz Sharif will also attend MoU signing between Indus Hospital and Gwadar Development Authority for the construction of a state of the art hospital.
The Prime Minister will be given a detailed briefing on different ongoing development schemes in Gwadar including Gwadar International Airport and power and infrastructure projects. He will also be given a briefing on law and order situation.
Afterwards, the Prime Minister will talk to the media persons.
Regional
Polling underway for Swat PK-7 byelection
Four major candidates compete for the KP assembly seat
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Swat: The polling process is underway for the byelection in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa constituency of PK-7 in Swat.
The seat, which fell vacant after the demise of ANP MPA Waqar Khan, is being contested by four major candidates: Hussain Ahmed from ANP, Fazal Mullah from PTI, and two independent candidates.
A total of 183,308 registered voters in the constituency are expected to exercise their electoral rights, including 102,088 male and 91,220 female voters.
The ECP completed its arrangements Saturday evening, setting up 124 polling stations with 308 booths.
The polling started without any delays Sunday morning and will continue until 5 pm.
Business
AJK govt presents Rs 163.7 billion budget
The development budget has been increased by Rs. 2 billion as compared to the previous financial year.

Mirpur: The government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Saturday presented its maiden budget with an estimated outlay of Rs.163.7 billion for the next financial year 2022-23.
In the budget, an amount of Rs.135.2 billion has been allocated for recurring expenditure whereas a chunk of Rs. 28.5 billion has been allocated for development expenditure.
The development budget has been increased by Rs. 2 billion as compared to the previous financial year.
The budget proposes a 15 percent Disparity Reduction Allowance, an increase in the revised pay scale, and a 15 percent increase for pensioners.
The development budget includes Rs1.8 billion for public health, Rs 2.17 billion for education, and 12 billion for communication.
Presenting the budget for the financial year 2022-23 in the Azad Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly which met in the State metropolis on Saturday, the AJK Finance Minister Abdul Majid Khan said that the total expenditure for the next financial year has been estimated at Rs 135.20 billion.
He said that total development expenditure was estimated at Rs 28.50 billion.
Moreover, the minister said that an amount of 500 million has been proposed in terms of foreign aid.
Revised budget for the financial year 2021-22, amounting to 135.7 billion was also presented in the legislative assembly.
Pakistan
Polling for first phase of LG polls in 14 districts of Sindh underway
The polling begins at 8:00 am and will continue till 5:00 p.m. without any break.

Hyderabad: Polling for the first phase of Local Government elections in fourteen districts of Sindh is underway.
According to details, the local government elections are being held in Umarkot, Tharparkar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar, Naushehro Feroze, Larkana, Kanbar- ShahdadKot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kahmor, Sukkur, Ghoki and, Khairpur.
The polling will continue till five in the evening without any break.
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