Overview

• Punjab authorities expanded emergency operations in Alipur with tent cities, daily rations delivered by boats where roads are cut, and drone monitoring, while planning rapid, data‑verified rehabilitation.
• Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal called the Pakistan–Saudi defense accord a milestone and said it would also underpin broader economic cooperation.
• The Counter‑Terrorism Department said three militants were killed near Lala China in Khyber, including the alleged mastermind of the Chamakni suicide attack.
• Pakistan Railways halted the Peshawar–Quetta Jafar Express at Jacobabad over security concerns and said the train would be moved to Sibi on Sunday morning.
• Sindh’s police chief ordered inquiries into four Karachi DSPs over extortion and smuggling facilitation allegations with a report due by September 26, as separate probes followed a Hafizabad tuition‑centre roof collapse that killed seven, a Gojranwala jail inmate’s death cited as a heart attack by officials, and an alleged assault case involving a 10‑year‑old in Muzaffargarh.