Overview

• Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani directed the government to state which officers will deliver the in-camera briefing on October 6 in a long-running missing-persons case, noting a Rs5 million payment was transferred to the family but pressing for substantive answers.
• Punjab’s smog steering committee approved a package to expand air-quality monitoring from 38 to 41 stations, deploy five mobile units, 12 drone squads and 15 fog cannons, tighten vehicle enforcement, and curb crop-residue burning, with briefings ordered every eight hours.
• Federal Communications Minister Abdul Aleem Khan said the Sukkur–Hyderabad and Hyderabad–Karachi motorways will be inaugurated this year and are targeted for completion within two years, connecting Sukkur to Karachi Port; work on N-25 was also cited as advancing.
• Taking suo motu notice of rising stray-dog incidents in Islamabad, the Federal Ombudsman ordered CDA and the Municipal Corporation to implement the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board’s policy and move to immediate action.
• Preparations for a major PTI rally in Peshawar saw scuffling between security personnel and supporters, damaging the stage’s VIP gate and injuring a police officer during Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s site visit.