Overview
- Nationwide rallies and embassy events on Aug. 5 reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for Kashmiri self‑determination and condemned India’s Aug. 5, 2019 constitutional changes as illegal under international law.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met an Iranian delegation that agreed to pursue a $10 billion trade target and 24‑hour border facilitation with stepped‑up logistics and customs coordination, and Punjab’s chief minister held talks with a JICA team to expand water, health, education and women’s projects.
- The National Accountability Bureau, Pakistan’s federal anti‑corruption agency, released a Q2 report saying it recovered Rs2,450 billion in the quarter and claimed total recoveries of Rs16,940 billion since March, plus the return of large tracts of government land.
- The Cabinet Committee on Disaster Management reported completion of major monsoon preparedness work in Bahawalpur and nearby districts, including two flood‑protection bunds built at roughly Rs2 billion and prepositioned Rescue 1122 resources to protect people and livestock.
- Police in Karachi said they arrested a suspect in the alleged sexual assault of a 1½‑year‑old who later died, and investigators are awaiting hospital forensic and DNA reports that will determine next prosecutorial steps.