Overview
- Police said late Monday that medical and DNA tests support a 20-year-old Azerbaijani woman's allegation of gang rape in Lahore's Defence area and that the victim's 164 statement has been recorded in court.
- Authorities have arrested a central suspect named Mohsin, seized a white vehicle linked to the case and detained three alleged facilitators while police search for two named suspects reportedly still at large.
- The Lahore High Court has ordered a full probe into 228 recruitments at Faisalabad Agricultural University and directed DIG Operations Lahore to file a verified report by September 30 about a contested re-arrest, signaling intensified judicial oversight.
- National security and logistics strains are persisting as PTI postponed its long march to October 4 and major routes reopened, the All Pakistan Goods Transporters Union issued a 72-hour ultimatum over more than 3,000 held vehicles, and the NCCIA reported a Rawalpindi raid that arrested 61 people and seized phones and laptops.
- Business leaders warned that a projected cotton shortfall could force imports of more than 5 million bales at roughly $2 billion, a development that would raise costs for the textile sector and pressure Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves.