Overview
- The prime minister met MQM and other allies, with MQM saying it received assurances that its local-government proposals will be written into the draft.
- Reporting from coalition and parliamentary sources indicates the government aims to move the amendment through both houses this month, with cabinet approval expected soon even as ministers say the text is not final.
- PTI leaders, including Barrister Gohar and KP Chief Minister Suhail Afridi, vowed to resist what they call a threat to provincial autonomy and pressed procedural objections inside Parliament.
- Parallel security and legal steps intensified the political backdrop, including Balochistan’s monthlong Section 144 order, Punjab’s ratification of the TLP ban, non-bailable ATC warrants for several PTI figures, and a CTD arrest in Hyderabad.
- Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced a rightsizing drive merging 39 ministries, plans to sell 24 state firms, and a target to complete PIA’s privatisation by year-end.