Overview

• Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench acquitted two death‑row convicts in separate Chakwal murder cases, prompting public objections from victims’ families and calls for higher judicial attention.
• The Turkish Embassy in Islamabad held an orientation for 166 Pakistani recipients of Türkiye Scholarships for 2025, with Ambassador Irfan Nadiroglu urging deeper academic collaboration.
• Allama Iqbal Open University signed a pact with the Digital Qur’anex Manuscripts Project to preserve and digitize Qur’anic manuscripts and expand research and training from BS to PhD levels.
• The Federal Ombudsman took suo motu notice of rising stray‑dog incidents in Islamabad and directed CDA and the Municipal Corporation to fully enforce the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board’s policy, citing earlier partial implementation.
• The State Bank convened an Islamic banking seminar in Gujranwala where clerics framed curbing interest‑based finance as a priority, adding momentum to policy discussions on Sharia‑compliant banking.