Overview
- Security forces in Balochistan shot down five drones on Friday, officials said, reporting no casualties and recovering weapons and ammunition from the Kharan district response.
- The National Assembly approved a 30‑member Election Reforms Committee and the Speaker is expected to issue a formal notification soon, with the Pakistan Peoples Party inviting opposition parties to join and draft joint proposals for transparent elections.
- Federal ministers rejected immediate cuts to the petroleum levy, noting the government currently collects an Rs80‑per‑litre levy and saying any reduction would be studied as a phased measure in the next budget cycle.
- The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s Lahore zone arrested two suspects in separate cases of drugging, blackmail and production of child sexual‑exploitation material and has seized phones and SIMs for ongoing forensic and AI‑assisted analysis.
- The Lahore High Court set aside lower‑court orders that had required a wife to return six tola of gold, ruling that bridal gold is the wife’s personal property and placing the burden on a spouse seeking recovery to prove appropriation.