Overview

• Pakistan Railways canceled the morning Jaffar Express to Peshawar after an explosion-damaged track near Dast/Mastung remained under repair, with refunds offered and earlier reports noting several minor passenger injuries from derailment.
• Aseefa Bhutto Zardari urged using the Benazir Income Support Program for rapid flood cash aid, while Punjab’s Azma Bukhari questioned coverage for unregistered victims and Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz argued BISP payouts are too small and vowed to fund provincial relief without seeking foreign assistance.
• The Lahore High Court issued a written order granting bail to Shahid Nadeem in the Dr. Shahid Sadiq murder case against surety of Rs500,000, and the Peshawar High Court approved bail for PTI secretary general Salman Akram Raja in a separate case.
• The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency arrested Sagar Kumar in Karachi on allegations of online financial fraud and running gambling via social media, seized phones and a computer, registered a PECA case, and reported his confession with further suspects under probe.
• Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti announced that militant Jahanzeb surrendered in Chagai following operations that killed other suspects, citing a video confession and asserting plans to target key installations as authorities press enforcement actions.