Overview
- Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif met an MQM Pakistan delegation that sought constitutional guarantees for municipal authority, with MQM saying the premier assured consideration of its local-government draft in the 27th Amendment.
- PPP leaders held detailed consultations with the prime minister and planned to review the proposal at a Central Executive Committee meeting in Karachi, as ministers said drafts have been shared and the defense minister noted the text is not final and could be tabled next week.
- PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan labeled the proposed change a threat to the federation and the KP chief minister warned against any rollback of provincial autonomy, with opposition figures urging extended parliamentary debate.
- Reporting from Islamabad indicated the ruling alliance has asked its lawmakers to remain in the capital until the amendment clears Parliament, while some media sources cited a mid‑November passage target for both houses.
- The constitutional drive is unfolding alongside an economic program in which the finance minister announced the sale of 24 state firms and completion of PIA privatization by year‑end, as courts and counterterrorism units issued non‑bailable warrants and reported arrests of political figures.