Overview

• Heavy rain hit Karachi and multiple Punjab cities, tripping feeders and flooding low-lying areas, with two deaths reported in roof collapses near Lahore and further power cuts across affected districts.
• Karachi’s Special Investigation Unit reported killing a highly wanted suspect, Ehteshamuddin, in an encounter; police said he was tied to an extortion gang and faced more than 13 cases.
• In Gilgit, gunfire targeted vehicles of cleric Maulana Qazi Nisar Ahmed and a High Court judge, wounding five people and prompting citywide closures, while a separate attack in Bannu left one security official dead and another injured.
• MQM pressed the Sindh government to account for a reported Rs300 billion World Bank allocation and criticized halts to Green Line and PIDCL works, calling for federal intervention to safeguard Karachi projects.
• The Islamabad High Court closed the contempt case linked to former GB chief judge Rana Shamim’s affidavit, as Punjab approved a Rs15,000 pay rise for Civil Defence staff and set October 17 to begin cheque distributions to flood victims.