Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif alleged a TTP–TTA nexus funded by hostile forces and vowed militants would be removed from Pakistan and thrown into the Indian Ocean, speaking to members of the National Peace Committee.
- An accountability court formally indicted former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi in a Gujrat development‑projects case; he pleaded not guilty and witnesses were summoned for January 29.
- The Lahore High Court directed the PHA to halt commercial activities in parks and sought scrutiny of projects across hundreds of parks, also ordering an inquiry into tree cutting near Data Darbar.
- Advocate Iman Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chatha petitioned the Islamabad High Court to set aside arrest warrants in a tweets case after a trial court ordered police to present them via video link.
- Sports reports, citing unnamed sources, suggest Mohammad Rizwan may be omitted from Pakistan’s T20 World Cup squad, with a combined squad for the Australia series and the tournament expected to be announced soon.