Overview
- The government says a consortium won 75% of PIA with a Rs135 billion top bid after a live‑broadcast auction that exceeded a Rs100 billion reference price.
- Airline sources say PIA plans to resume London service in March 2026 with four weekly Heathrow slots after previously safeguarding slots via Turkish Airlines.
- PTI spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram said the party will not join government talks, dismissing the outreach as insincere.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pledged full legal action against any injustice toward minorities, while Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz exempted Sikhs from the motorcycle helmet rule and moved to expand minority cards from 75,000 to 100,000.
- Sindh’s home minister reported an NCCIA raid on a Karachi call center, arresting 15 foreigners and 19 Pakistanis in a probe tied to about $60 million in suspected fraud, with devices and thousands of SIMs seized.