Overview

• Punjab issued a formal notification reinstating the jail trial in the May 9 GHQ case against Imran Khan, with a hearing expected at Adiala and additional security requested after a September 15 transfer order was reversed.
• Presidential mediation is preparing a three-way meeting of the president, prime minister and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to address PPP–PML‑N tensions, after a PPP Senate walkout and renewed demands for a Maryam Nawaz apology.
• PTI’s Salman Akram Raja ruled out partnering with the PPP and said a no‑confidence move against the government could be considered, as the party advanced plans to submit its nominees for opposition leaders in the National Assembly and Senate.
• The Sindh cabinet approved a wheat‑release policy—1.265 million metric tons to mills and chakkis at Rs9,500 per 100kg—and endorsed a surrender and rehabilitation framework for riverine bandits that includes education, health and economic support.
• Security and enforcement actions continued, with Karachi’s SIU reporting the killing of wanted suspect Ehteshamuddin tied to an extortion gang, LESCO detailing 228 arrests in an anti‑theft crackdown, and an FIR filed on the KP chief minister’s orders over the alleged abduction of PTI leader Sanam Javed.