Overview
- Rana Sanaullah said dialogue remains in complete deadlock unless the PTI founder and party publicly disown May 9 actions and apologize, adding the impasse will persist if he sticks to his statements.
- He noted the government could consider the PTI founder’s prison transfer if Tuesday and Thursday protests at Adiala continue near the facility.
- JUI-F chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman condemned alleged violence against PTI supporters and family members outside Adiala and called restrictions on family visits unconstitutional.
- Lahore’s district administration, led by DC Syed Musa Raza, reported removing 1,059 permanent and temporary encroachments and taking down 7,795 illegal banners and posters in a citywide drive.
- Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb departed for Saudi Arabia to attend the Global Development Finance Conference, with plans for bilateral meetings and remarks on access to climate finance, while a Karachi court approved a reconciliation that led to the acquittal of five suspects in a pre-wedding murder case.