Overview
- Punjab Police finalized a New Year’s Eve plan with tens of thousands on duty, CCTV and Safe City monitoring, and bans on aerial firing, one-wheeling and public harassment, with Lahore alone assigning over 5,000 personnel.
- Lahore High Court heard a constitutional petition challenging the Punjab Protection Ownership Act 2025, with Justice Faisal Zaman Khan warning against politicization and ordering the case to be listed before the relevant bench after the holidays.
- Sindh’s interior minister said law-enforcement disrupted an effort by networks linked to banned BLA and BLF groups to groom a young girl for a suicide attack, crediting timely action with averting a major incident in Karachi.
- Pakistan’s Foreign Office condemned reported post‑Christmas vandalism targeting minorities in India and urged international attention, while the National Conference in Srinagar pressed for action over attacks on Kashmiris in several states.
- Myanmar opened limited polling for the first nationwide vote since the 2021 military takeover, with many areas inaccessible and the United Nations calling for a process that is free, fair, inclusive and credible.