Overview
- Federal officials said security forces have killed 54 militants in recent operations and publicly accused an eastern neighbor of providing support to terrorist networks, framing this as a priority for national stability.
- A National Dialogue Committee met detained PTI leaders at Kot Lakhpat prison who endorsed negotiation as the way forward and urged eased restrictions and medical access for Imran Khan to lower political tensions.
- Punjab’s Food Safety and Consumer Protection Department reported 484,859 inspections in one week, registering 23,744 overcharging cases, issuing more than Rs.15.3 million in fines, making 968 arrests and sealing 693 outlets to curb profiteering.
- Municipal and police drives intensified in Lahore and across Punjab with a CTO-ordered e-challan recovery crackdown using Safe City tracking, a ‘Responsible Citizen’ award launched for public tips, and 9,813 arrests under the Anti-Kite Flying Act this year.
- Officials formed a high-level federal population committee that includes Field Marshal Asim Munir as a member while separate criminal probes continue: forensic tests are pending in the Achhra case of a 12-year-old girl with ligature marks and police presented a court challan declaring actor Muneeb Butt innocent in an abduction/extortion matter.