Overview
- The Lahore High Court directed that a constitutional petition against the Punjab Protection Ownership Act 2025 be fixed before the relevant bench after the holidays, keeping the challenge active while cautioning counsel against politicizing the case.
- Punjab Police finalized a comprehensive New Year plan with thousands deployed province-wide, including over 5,000 personnel in Lahore, with Safe City and CCTV monitoring and prohibitions on aerial firing, one-wheeling and public disorder.
- Police and allied agencies conducted a mock emergency exercise at the Lahore High Court to test response and coordination, including Elite Force, Bomb Disposal Squad and Rescue 1122 units.
- Sindh’s interior minister said counterterrorism teams foiled an effort linked to banned networks to groom a minor girl as a suicide attacker, stating the child was recovered safely and urging parents to monitor social media use.
- Pakistan’s Foreign Office condemned attacks on religious minorities in India, as Dhaka police claimed two suspects in the Sharif Osman Hadi killing crossed into India—a claim rejected by Indian authorities—while the Competition Commission reported 2025 enforcement with hefty fines in steel and poultry and show-cause notices to sugar mills and major school systems.