Overview
- DG ISPR Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif warned of a possible Indian false-flag operation at sea, vowed a forceful response, and rejected claims that US drones operate from Pakistani soil.
- Military briefings cited 6,200 intelligence-based operations this year and 1,667 ‘external’ militants killed, with officials linking cross-border violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the narcotics economy.
- Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb said Pakistan has achieved macroeconomic stability and a staff-level understanding with the IMF, calling structural reforms essential for durable gains.
- Energy Minister Owais Leghari outlined a six-year plan to eliminate Rs1,200 billion in circular debt without adding to consumer bills, said the government will stop buying electricity, and flagged privatization steps including PIA and distribution companies.
- The Supreme Court issued notice to the Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Khanpur Dam polluted-water case and adjourned proceedings indefinitely, as PPP weighed a government request to back the 27th amendment and PTI’s Asad Qaiser publicly opposed it.