Overview
- A marble factory near Khuzdar was attacked and 18 workers were abducted on Sunday, with one worker wounded and security forces mounting search operations while police investigate and no group has claimed responsibility.
- The family of arrested household worker Zishan Arshad has publicly alleged he was forced to accept blame for the August 20 killing of Hina Javed and accused her husband Faisal Asghar, a claim that is reported but not independently verified by authorities or court findings.
- The Auditor General of Pakistan reported 16.94 billion PKR in financial irregularities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Minerals Department and estimated about 8 billion PKR in direct losses from illegal mining, prompting political debate over mining oversight and revenue recovery.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif opened a Daanish School in Islamabad and used the event to stress expanding merit-based, subsidized education for poor children, noting the school’s capacity, labs and scholarship focus as part of a broader social policy pitch.
- Media groups and officials say TTP-linked and some Afghan accounts have been re-circulating old videos as if recent, while the Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors elected a new leadership and warned against misuse of cybercrime and broadcasting rules that could narrow press freedom.