Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif linked the TTP and TTA and vowed to remove militants, saying they would be taken out of Pakistan and drowned in the Indian Ocean.
- An accountability court in Lahore framed charges against former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi in an alleged Gujrat development‑projects corruption case and summoned witnesses for January 29.
- Mahmood Khan Achakzai was formally notified as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, with detained PTI leaders sending congratulations and urging him to push for rule of law, as officials signaled the Senate opposition post process starts next week.
- The Lahore High Court ordered the Parks and Horticulture Authority to halt commercial activities in parks and directed an inquiry into tree‑cutting near Data Darbar during smog and pollution hearings.
- Advocate Eman Mizari and her husband Hadi Ali Chatha petitioned the Islamabad High Court to suspend arrest warrants and set aside trial‑court orders in a case stemming from controversial tweets.