Overview
- Vice PM Ishaq Dar and Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb highlighted reform progress, saying PIA’s privatization has been completed, IFC has invested $3.5 billion, and Panda bonds are planned within two weeks as 24 entities move through the privatization pipeline.
- Punjab approved a complete halt on buying petrol and diesel vehicles for government departments, allowing only electric or hybrid purchases with field-duty exemptions and promising an Electric Vehicle Policy 2026.
- New NOCs for 170 petrol pumps across 31 cities were issued on the condition of installing electric charging units, with locations including Faisalabad, Lahore, Bahawalpur, and Rawalpindi among others.
- The Lahore High Court issued a written order directing DG NCCIA and the PTA chairman to identify and report individuals running anti-judiciary propaganda on social media, warning of strict legal action.
- Lahore Development Authority said maintenance and repair works will be monitored via a new mobile app with GIS mapping, launching a pilot in one block of each of four zones to log photos and surveys.