Overview

• Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said the agreement binds both countries to a defence framework, is not directed against any state, and will support closer economic cooperation, congratulating the prime minister and army chief.
• Punjab’s leadership reported ongoing large-scale operations in Alipur, deploying 100 rescue boats, setting up relief camps, and delivering about 3,000 tents with rations for roughly 10,000 people, with damaged roads slated for rapid repairs.
• The Counter-Terrorism Department said three militants were killed near Lala Cheena in Khyber, including the alleged mastermind of the Chamakni suicide attack.
• IG Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon ordered inquiries into four Karachi DSPs over extortion and related allegations, appointing Tanveer Alam Odho as inquiry officer with a report due by 26 September.
• Railway officials halted the Peshawar–Quetta Jafer Express at Jacobabad over security concerns, while separate public-safety incidents included a Hafizabad tuition-centre roof collapse that killed seven and a May 9 convict’s death in Gujranwala jail.