Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asserted evidence of a nexus between the TTP and TTA and vowed that militants would be taken from Pakistan and “drowned in the Indian Ocean,” saying hostile forces are funding them.
- An accountability court framed charges against former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi in an alleged Gujrat development funds case, with witnesses summoned for January 29 after he pleaded not guilty.
- Advocate Iman Mazari and Hadi Ali Chatha petitioned the Islamabad High Court to set aside arrest warrants in a tweets case, as a trial judge again ordered police to arrest and present them via video link.
- During smog hearings, the Lahore High Court ordered the Parks and Horticulture Authority to halt commercial activity in parks and directed an inquiry into tree-cutting near Data Darbar, while noting enforcement against polluting units.
- With winter demand squeezing supply, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik ordered immediate relief for households and said shifting gas from industry is under review, as Balochistan’s chief minister pressed SSGC and PPL over low pressure in cold districts.