Overview

• Senior leaders from both parties met in the National Assembly Speaker’s chamber and agreed to resolve disputes through dialogue and to stop public attacks.
• PPP representatives voiced objections to Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s recent remarks and later demanded a retraction and public apology.
• The government stepped up reconciliation efforts, with a PPP delegation meeting Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar to table concerns and seek assurances.
• PPP lawmakers had staged walkouts in the National Assembly and Senate and signaled they would withhold participation in legislation until reservations are addressed.
• Policy rifts persist over routing flood relief through BISP and over water projects, with PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah questioning BISP data and defending Punjab’s water stance.