Overview
- The federal cabinet meeting to approve the draft 27th constitutional amendment was postponed due to the prime minister’s schedule, with reporting that MQM signaled support after local government provisions were included while PPP rejected most proposals except a change to Article 243.
- State Life Insurance Corporation and the Gilgit-Baltistan government formally signed an OPD insurance pilot to offer free outpatient services in selected GB districts, funded by KfW with over Rs407 million for the pilot phase.
- Sindh inaugurated the Student Attendance Monitoring and Redress System linking attendance, school infrastructure, teacher performance and learning outcomes, already active in 600 schools across 12 districts with expansion supported by UNICEF and partners.
- Law enforcement reported fresh steps in major cases, including three arrests in the Gujar Khan loan-shark blackmail, assault and poisoning case after a notice from Punjab’s chief minister, and a court-supervised exhumation in Mirpurkhas with 17 forensic samples collected in the Neha inquiry.
- Sindh’s Public Accounts Committee said 133 ADP schemes worth about Rs114.39 billion approved between 2001 and 2017 remain incomplete, ordering Planning and Development to submit progress reports and appear at the next session.