Overview
- The National Assembly approved the 27th amendment with a two‑thirds majority, revising Article 6(2) to bar any court from validating acts of high treason and updating rules on the Chief Justice’s designation alongside plans for a Federal Constitutional Court.
- The revised text is set to go before the Senate today, with a sitting scheduled for 11:00 a.m., after opposition protests and a JUI-F vote against the measure in the lower house.
- A federal cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to consider statutory changes, including amendments to the Army, Navy and Air Force Acts, and to review steps tied to the proposed Federal Constitutional Court, according to officials and media reports.
- Punjab police placed the province on high alert, including at courts, following deadly violence in Shikarpur that left five people dead, with police reporting a rocket‑launcher attack on a home and another account citing crossfire between two groups.
- A severe smog episode pushed Lahore’s AQI to 455, with readings as high as 855 at Ravi Road, while Bahawalpur hit 620, Multan 571, Faisalabad 418 and Gujranwala 340, prompting medical advice to limit travel and use masks.