Overview
- The no-confidence vote against Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Choudhry Anwar ul Haq was rescheduled to 1 November, with PPP leaders meeting on 31 October to finalize their strategy.
- The AJK High Court reinstated the 2021 Third Party Act, ordering all grade‑7‑and‑above government hiring to use independent testing bodies to enforce merit and curb political influence.
- The Supreme Court suspended a Peshawar High Court decision that would have enabled Pakistani citizenship and Pakistan Origin Cards for Afghan men married to Pakistani women, issuing notices and adjourning further hearing.
- Punjab moved to strictly enforce the Loudspeaker Act and announced tougher penalties for facilitating illegally resident foreigners, with CCTV, advanced tech and PECA-based actions to monitor and prosecute violations.
- The Islamabad High Court set a petition challenging District and Sessions Judge Nasser Javed Rana’s appointment for hearing in the second week of November as it heard conflicting accounts in the NCCIA deputy director Usman case.