Overview
- An Islamabad anti-terrorism court sentenced Adil Raja, Haider Mehdi, Wajahat Saeed, Sabir Shakir and Moeed Pirzada to two life terms each in the 9 May “digital terrorism” case, adding 35 years on other counts and fines, with proceedings completed in absentia under ATC law.
- The Islamabad High Court declared arrests without lawful process to be abduction, quashed a related case, ordered disciplinary action and Rs100,000 compensation from implicated officers, directed return of seized property, and sought a compliance report from the IG within 30 days.
- The Supreme Court acquitted Muhammad Sadiq in a murder case and ordered his immediate release, citing unreliable testimony, investigative delays and reasonable doubt that undercut the prosecution.
- Nationwide internet performance slowed after one of NayaTel’s two upstream providers went offline, with technical teams working with the provider to restore service, while dense fog closed stretches of the M-1, M-2, M-4, M-5 and M-11 motorways.
- Rawalpindi police registered an FIR for the reported ‘honour’ killing of Samira Aziz in Wah Cantt, naming suspects and noting allegations in the complaint of instigation by her husband abroad, with investigation under way.