Overview
- The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan issued rapid alerts after Karachi tests found specific unregistered foreign medicine batches and ordered pharmacies and chemists to stop sales and return stocks.
- Oil & Gas Development Company Limited reported initial flows from the Batrisam North West-1 well in Khairpur that produced about 12.8 million standard cubic feet of gas and 175 barrels of condensate per day and said it will move to link the find to the national gas system.
- The federal government moved LPG price-setting from the regulator OGRA to a new company of oil firms and ordered mandatory use of approved cylinders plus action against illegal sellers to tackle shortages and unsafe refills.
- Security forces repelled a late-night attack on a Karak police checkpost after an hours-long exchange of fire and IED recovery, and police in Tirah detained an Afghan national they say had Afghan National Army training and militant links.
- Crackdowns on illicit markets have boosted seizures and cigarette tax receipts but prosecutions remain rare, and the state is also securing disaster finance after the Asian Development Bank approved a $500 million loan to strengthen Pakistan’s post-disaster budget response.