Overview
- Multiple official actions were announced on Wednesday as regulators and security forces began implementing orders to curb illegal medicines, stabilize fuel markets and boost public safety.
- The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan issued a rapid alert after identifying three unregistered foreign medicine batches in Karachi and ordered suppliers be traced, stocks seized, and pharmacies to stop sales and return those products.
- The federal Ministry of Petroleum said it will shift LPG price‑setting from OGRA to a new company made up of state and major oil firms, require sales only at licensed pumps and introduce a standardized cylinder exchange to curb illegal sales and risky cylinders.
- State oil firm OGDCL notified the Pakistan Stock Exchange that a Khairpur well tested at about 12.8 million standard cubic feet per day of gas and 175 barrels per day of condensate and that work is under way to link the find to the national gas system.
- Security and accountability steps include Punjab Police seeking 50 iSmart surveillance vans with 360‑degree cameras, Karak police repelling a night attack and recovering an IED as searches continue, and Sindh anti‑corruption units jailing food department officials over alleged Rs1.10 billion wheat misappropriation; a late‑night medical check of Imran Khan at PIMS was followed by his return to Adiala Jail.