Overview
- ECP says polling is in progress for six National Assembly and seven Punjab Assembly seats, with control rooms active at federal and provincial headquarters and Haroon Shinwari overseeing monitoring.
- Authorities report strict security at polling stations and urge voters to cast ballots without fear, with priority facilitation for seniors, pregnant women, people with disabilities and transgender voters.
- Lahore is described as the most closely watched battleground, testing whether PML-N can reassert dominance in the provincial capital.
- Media note PTI’s participation without its party symbol, a constraint that could influence voter recognition and campaign mechanics.
- In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, consultations are underway on a planned cabinet expansion that party sources say may add ministers, advisers and special assistants, while fisherfolk in Noshero Feroze rallied for government action on water scarcity and livelihood pressures.