Overview

• The Punjab government issued a notification reinstating a jail trial in the May 9 GHQ attack case against Imran Khan, with the next hearing expected at Adiyala Jail and additional security requested.
• Presidential mediation has set up a meeting between the president, the prime minister and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to address coalition tensions, with PPP weighing its options if talks do not resolve disputes.
• PTI plans to file its picks for opposition leaders in the National Assembly and Senate, with Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Raja Nasir Abbas approved by PTI’s parliamentary parties, and leaders saying a no-confidence motion could be considered.
• Sindh’s cabinet approved a wheat-release policy—1.265 million tonnes to mills and chakkis at Rs9,500 per 100kg—and endorsed a surrender-and-rehabilitation framework for criminals in riverine (kacha) areas, while waiving death certificate fees.
• Law-enforcement updates included Karachi SIU reporting the killing of wanted extortion suspect Ehtishamuddin in an encounter, an FIR over the reported abduction of PTI leader Sanam Javed in Peshawar, and LESCO citing 228 arrests and significant recoveries in its power-theft crackdown.