Overview
- Government allies have told lawmakers to stay in the capital as reports cite a plan to clear the amendment in both houses by Nov. 14, with unnamed sources claiming about 237 supporters in the National Assembly.
- Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said the draft has not been finalised and could be tabled next week, while Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Choudhry urged debate and said proposals focus on curriculum, not taking over schools and colleges.
- PTI leaders, including Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan in the National Assembly and KP Chief Minister Suhail Afridi, warned the move threatens provincial autonomy and vowed political resistance.
- Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced a state‑downsizing push, including the sale of 24 state‑owned entities, consolidation of 39 federal ministries, and completing PIA’s privatisation before year‑end.
- Courts and security agencies escalated actions as an Islamabad ATC issued non‑bailable warrants for several PTI leaders, a former MPA convicted in a May 9 case surrendered in Faisalabad, Punjab’s cabinet formally endorsed a TLP ban, and investigators reported seizing records in raids on 20+ call centres in an NCCI/A corruption probe.