Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received a detailed briefing from Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi and praised interior and security agencies for their role in maintaining peace and public safety.
- The Interior Ministry told the prime minister that security institutions have prepared a comprehensive plan to ensure peaceful, transparent, and well‑organized conduct of the Gilgit‑Baltistan elections.
- Officials described special arrangements to protect lives and property and to secure busy public places during Eid‑ul‑Adha, stressing policing and force deployments for crowd and market safety.
- European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas arrived in Islamabad to co‑chair the eighth EU‑Pakistan Strategic Dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, a forum to review cooperation across political, economic, security, and development issues.
- The Strategic Dialogue will assess ties under the Strategic Engagement Plan signed in June 2019, a framework that shapes EU support and could influence future security and development cooperation linked to election integrity and public safety.