Overview
- Pakistan’s Foreign Office condemned Christmas‑day vandalism targeting religious minorities in India, called the incidents state‑enabled, and urged the international community to act to protect basic rights.
- Kashmiri political figures reported assaults on Kashmiri traders in several Indian states and said Srinagar authorities confined leaders to their homes to block a student sit‑in, as a Tripura mosque desecration complaint was filed.
- The Lahore High Court directed that a constitutional petition against the Punjab Protection Ownership Act 2025 be placed before the relevant bench after holidays, with the presiding judge cautioning against politicizing the case.
- Punjab Police issued a province‑wide New Year’s Eve security plan with thousands deployed, CCTV and Safe City monitoring, and bans on one‑wheeling, aerial firing, and harassment, alongside ongoing search and sweep operations.
- Regional updates included Dhaka police claiming two suspects in a high‑profile killing fled into India—a claim denied by Indian authorities—Myanmar opening limited post‑coup voting under UN scrutiny, a western weather system forecast to bring northern rain and high‑elevation snow on Dec. 29, and the prime minister inaugurating a cancer institute in Azad Kashmir.