Overview

• Pakistan Railways canceled the Peshawar-bound Jaafar Express after the Dasht track explosion, with officials promising refunds as damage assessments continue.
• Reports differ on the derailment’s scale, with accounts citing either three or six bogies off the track and five passengers with minor injuries pending official consolidation.
• NCCIA officers arrested Sagar Kumar in Karachi on allegations of online financial fraud and running gambling sites, registered an FIR under PECA, and reported a custodial confession naming additional suspects.
• The Lahore High Court issued its written order granting bail to Shahid Nadeem in the Dr. Shahid Sadiq murder case on Rs. 500,000 surety, while investigators continue referencing earlier arrests and the victim’s son’s prior confession.
• The Peshawar High Court reserved its decision on disqualification petitions against PTI leaders Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz, and Abdul Latif Chitrali as a separate Levies-led probe opened into a deadly clash in Malakand and police faced an FIR over an alleged custodial death in Muzaffargarh.