Overview

• The Pakistan Airports Authority issued a new NOTAM extending the closure of airspace to Indian aircraft through October 23, continuing a restriction in place since April 23.
• OGDCL began commercial output from Soughri North Well‑1 in Attock, delivering about 14 million cubic feet per day of gas and 430 barrels per day of condensate into the SNGPL network.
• Acting President Yusuf Raza Gilani reported 1.7 million people affected, 1,112 villages submerged and 45 deaths from recent floods, with federal, provincial and military agencies coordinating relief and rehabilitation.
• The Pakistan Meteorological Department says the monsoon has largely passed most regions, while authorities report medium flood levels at Kotri and Sukkur barrages and on parts of the Sutlej as river flows are managed.
• Government figures publicly frame the new Saudi defense agreement as purely defensive and not directed at a third country, as a Senate IT committee highlights data breaches and pressures for a long‑pending data‑protection law.