Overview
- - Pakistan’s military briefed senior journalists that it suspects an Indian operation at sea framed as a ‘false-flag’ and said forces are fully alert.
- - DG ISPR accused Afghan-linked actors of facilitating cross-border attacks, cited thousands of intelligence-based operations, and tied militancy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to narcotics profits.
- - The federal government handed the proposed 27th constitutional amendment to PPP; the draft targets NFC provisions (Article 160/3A), federalizes education and population, alters CEC appointments, creates constitutional courts, and tweaks judges’ transfers, drawing rejection from PTI’s Asad Qaiser as PPP’s CEC meets Nov 6.
- - The Supreme Court took suo motu notice of polluted water from Khanpur Dam, issued notice to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa advocate general, and adjourned the case indefinitely.
- - Provincial responses continued as PDMA Sindh dispatched dengue-control supplies and Punjab imposed smog measures including revised school timings and hefty fines, while the ECP set Quetta’s local polls for Dec 28 with nominations due Nov 13–17.