Overview

• Police registered multiple FIRs over the Muridke violence, invoking murder and anti-terrorism sections and naming TLP chief Saad Rizvi, Ins Rizvi and thousands of others.
• Law enforcement says Saad and Ins Rizvi have been traced and arrests are expected, after an SHO was killed, 48 security personnel were injured and dozens of vehicles were torched.
• A Rawalpindi case alleges TLP-organized roadblocks, attempts to seize ammunition and possession of petrol bombs and spiked sticks, with items recovered at the scene.
• JUI petitioned the Peshawar High Court to challenge Suhail Afridi’s election as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister; the court asked about the governor’s availability for an oath and reserved its decision.
• The Punjab Assembly approved the Local Government Punjab 2025 bill following opposition walkouts, and an anti-terrorism court issued a non-bailable warrant for PTI’s Alima Khan to be produced on October 15 in a protest case.