Overview
- Polling was conducted for 6 National Assembly and 7 Punjab Assembly seats, with counting under way after voting closed at 5 p.m.
- Non-official partial results showed PML-N ahead in NA-18 Haripur, NA-96 and NA-104 Faisalabad, and NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan.
- Punjab deployed police at 2,792 polling stations—408 designated most sensitive—with CCTV at high-risk sites and backing from Rangers and the Army, according to the IG.
- Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz intensified provincial oversight, directing penalties for poor municipal services and stricter enforcement on sanitation, pricing, and encroachments.
- Institutional moves included KP approving the Special Branch as a separate cadre with new posts, vehicles and equipment, a Lahore High Court order barring acquittal records on police certificates, and bar bodies jointly backing a Federal Constitutional Court.