Overview
- - Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar tabled the draft 27th constitutional amendment in the National Assembly, but the session was adjourned without a vote after loud opposition protests and sloganeering.
- - The government says the package would establish a constitutional court, recalibrate judicial appointments and transfers via a commission, set procedures affecting suo motu use, and codify matters including the field marshal rank, noting related measures cleared the Senate with a two‑thirds majority.
- - Supreme Court Justice Mansoor Ali Shah urged Chief Justice Yahya Afridi to engage the executive and convene a judges’ convention or full‑court, warning against proceeding without consultation; senior lawyers sent a parallel letter seeking collective court action.
- - ISPR reported security forces foiled a terrorist assault on Cadet College Wana, killing two attackers as three remained besieged inside the campus, with clearance operations under way and claims of handlers directing the plot from Afghanistan.
- - Governance actions continued on parallel tracks as the Lahore High Court ordered a comprehensive smog‑control plan by November 12, and Punjab’s governor approved special courts to speed overseas Pakistanis’ property cases across all districts.