Overview

• Torrential showers in Karachi and several Punjab cities triggered local flooding and feeder trips that cut power in multiple neighborhoods.
• In Gilgit, gunfire on vehicles carrying cleric Maulana Qazi Nisar Ahmed and separately a senior High Court judge left five wounded, while a shooting near Bannu killed one security officer and injured another.
• Karachi’s Special Investigation Unit said it killed “extremely wanted” suspect Ehteshamuddin in an encounter tied to an extortion gang, citing more than 13 cases against him.
• Lahore police registered an attempted-murder case after a man allegedly shot his sister in Green Town, as a provincial representative visited the victim and pledged legal, medical and psychological support.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Malaysia for a two-day visit, while Pakistan welcomed Hamas’s response to a US-backed Gaza plan and said it is facilitating the return of citizens from the ‘Sumud’ flotilla.