Overview
- Authorities reopened the Torkham crossing in Khyber for Afghan nationals returning to Afghanistan, with immigration and customs staff summoned for 7:00 a.m., while two-way trade remains suspended.
- Lahore’s police chief directed divisional SPs to personally lead raids, accelerate detention and repatriation of undocumented Afghans, enforce the tenancy law and coordinate with traders, mosques and peace committees.
- Punjab’s Counter Terrorism Department reported 18 arrests across multiple districts linked to proscribed outfits and seized explosives, detonators, EIDs and propaganda material, with cases registered for further investigation.
- A judicial magistrate granted a three-day physical remand for six NCCIA officers in an FIA bribery probe as investigators broadened inquiries to assets beyond known income, and a former deputy director’s remand was extended.
- Islamabad High Court upheld the Competition Commission’s jurisdiction over telecom-sector misleading advertising and pricing probes, as audit authorities separately sought records to investigate LESCO’s multi‑billion‑rupee AMI smart‑meter procurement.