Overview
- PPP’s Central Executive Committee agreed to an Article 243 change on armed forces appointments but rejected most other clauses in the proposed 27th amendment.
- The federal cabinet session slated to approve the draft was postponed as the government worked to bridge differences with coalition partners.
- Opposition senators held an emergency parliamentary party meeting to consult on the amendment in the Senate.
- Security forces reported killing nine dacoits, including a most-wanted suspect, in an operation in Ghotki’s Rontri Kacha after a deadly bandit attack a day earlier.
- Sindh lifted the hiring freeze for grades 5–15 and activated a job portal, while police opened a case in the Gujar Khan death inquiry and a federal minister warned against sharing unverified social-media videos.