Pakistan's chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa Wednesday lamented that Pakistanis were only hearing "depressing" news these days on the state of the economy, politics and even from the cricket field. Addressing a ceremony to highlight the work of model courts in Pakistan, the Chief Justice of Pakistan said that the reports of the 'national economy in ICU' was not a good news.

Newly elected Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla said on Wednesday that he would not allow a repeat of the chanting of religious slogans or the heckling that greeted some Opposition MPs when they were being sworn in on Tuesday. The sloganeering was mentioned by the Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, in his welcome address to the speaker on Wednesday.

Ministry of External Affairs on Thurday rejected a Pakistani media report claiming New Delhi was ready for talks with Islamabad. Addressing the media, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had only sent letters in response congratulatory messages from their counterparts in that country. MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar blamed Pakistani media for distorting facts.