Overview
- The Prime Minister‑appointed inquiry concluded the nursery blaze at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences was likely sparked by an AC supply cable fault and identified failures by PIMS management, recommending immediate electrical, fire‑detection and evacuation audits and new neonatal evacuation SOPs.
- The Federal Constitutional Court has asked the Supreme Court and all high courts to supply records related to a petition seeking private‑hospital care for three prisoners and has adjourned further hearings while it reviews cross‑court material.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities report lumpy skin disease spreading in districts including Swabi, South Waziristan Upper and Charsadda, and say the livestock department has delivered roughly 14,100 vaccine doses in Swabi plus tens of thousands of privately arranged vaccinations.
- Federal Energy Minister Owais Ahmed Khan Laghari said August fuel‑adjustment charges fell from 2.05 to 1.73 rupees per unit, a shift the ministry credits to greater use of local gas and which it estimates saved about 10 billion rupees.
- The Sindh Mir Raza judicial commission completed hearings and flagged missing or possibly altered witness statements and case records, and civilian authorities have made other governance moves including a new Inspector General for Islamabad and a Pakistan Navy meeting with the Indonesian navy chief.