Overview
- Deputy Commissioner East authorized a PTI gathering at Karachi’s Bagh-e-Jinnah under an NOC that bars inflammatory or anti-state speech and places security and traffic management on organizers.
- Sindh’s anti-corruption minister ordered prompt, transparent action on 13,603 public complaints across 22 departments, with revenue, local government, police and education drawing the most reports.
- An anti-terrorism court in Peshawar hearing the Radio Pakistan arson case returned the original forensic report to police, summoned the investigating officer for the next hearing on January 26, and noted more than 80 named suspects including politicians.
- Karachi’s public-safety strain persisted, with over 800 dog-bite cases recorded in the first week of January and critics citing underperformance of the 2022 rabies-control programme due to limited staff, vehicles and low fund utilization.
- In Khyber, rescue officials reported five fatalities after a car–truck collision near Bab-e-Khyber, with the bodies moved to a hospital.