Overview
- IG Dr. Usman Anwar ordered a provincewide New Year deployment with more than 21,000 personnel, CCTV and Safe City monitoring, and zero tolerance for one-wheeling, aerial firing, weapons display and harassment.
- Justice Faisal Zaman Khan heard a petition against the Punjab Protection Ownership Act 2025, cautioned against politicization, and directed relisting before the relevant bench after court holidays.
- The Pakistan Meteorological Department forecast a rain-bearing system entering on 29 December with rain and snowfall likely in northern areas, while Lahore and much of Punjab are expected to stay dry.
- Global fuel prices fell in late December, raising the possibility of lower domestic petrol and diesel rates at the start of the new year, though any change awaits a government decision.
- Pakistan’s Foreign Office condemned Christmas-period attacks on minorities in India, as reports highlighted assaults on Kashmiris and an attempted mosque arson in Tripura that local police documented.