Overview
- The military warned India could attempt a maritime false-flag operation and said Pakistan is fully alert, while denying any U.S. use of its territory for strikes and citing thousands of counterterror operations with over 1,600 foreign militants killed.
- ISPR reported an intelligence-based raid in Qalat that killed four militants it described as Indian-backed, with weapons seized and a clearance sweep continuing.
- The government’s economic team claimed macroeconomic stabilization and outlined reforms to end circular debt without new consumer burdens, including halting state power purchases, accelerating privatization and right-sizing that has eliminated 54,000 posts.
- PML-N asked the PPP to support a proposed 27th constitutional amendment that, per Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, would create a constitutional court and restore executive magistrates, with the PPP’s CEC set to decide on Nov. 6 as PTI’s Asad Qaiser rejected the proposal.
- PIA aircraft engineers suspended airworthiness clearances, delaying multiple international flights; management called the group unlawful, alleged an effort to derail privatization, and said alternative engineering support was being sourced.