Overview
- Azad Kashmir’s assembly passed a no-confidence motion against Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq, electing Faisal Mumtaz Raathore with 36 votes in a 53-seat house; Raathore has been sworn in.
- Reports highlighted the resignations of Supreme Court justices Athar Minallah and Mansoor Ali Shah and Lahore High Court’s Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza, drawing concern from political leaders.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated Karachi Cantt station upgrades, unveiled a revamped Shalimar Express, and pledged rail digitisation, KCR modernisation, ML-1 progress, regional corridors to Central Asia, and ADB talks for the Karachi–Rohri line.
- Punjab Safe Cities Authority hosted an ASEAN capacity-building conference featuring AI-based policing, smart surveillance and traffic management, backed by provincial leadership.
- Security and law enforcement updates included a Bannu suicide blast that killed only the attacker, service of non-bailable arrest warrants to Alima Khan, arrests at an Adiala Road sit‑in, Sargodha ‘honey-trap’ detentions, and LESCO suspensions over alleged power-theft facilitation.