Overview
- Islamabad High Court labeled arrests without due process as abduction, quashed related cases, fined involved police officers, ordered return of seized property, and directed the IG to act and report within 30 days.
- An Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced Adil Raja, Haider Mehdi, Wajahat Saeed, Sabir Shakir, and Moeed Pirzada to two life terms each in May 9 digital-terrorism cases, adding further prison terms totaling 35 years and imposing fines.
- The Supreme Court acquitted Muhammad Sadiq in a murder case, set aside lower-court judgments for flawed evidence assessment, and ordered his immediate release after finding witness testimony and prosecution timelines unreliable.
- NiaTel reported a nationwide slowdown because one of its two upstream providers is temporarily inactive, said technical teams are working with the affected carrier, and gave no timeline for full restoration.
- Punjab began issuing government-verified Green Property Certificates across 20 districts to safeguard boundaries and ownership, curb fraud in real estate transactions, and support digitized land records.