Overview
- On Friday, July 24, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif publicly accused India of providing support to militant groups and urged the Afghan interim government not to allow its territory to be used for attacks on Pakistan.
- He announced a Rs300 billion plan to upgrade the N-25 Karachi–Chaman highway to a dual carriageway with an 18–24 month completion target and said work on the Kachhi Canal would be expedited.
- The government committed Rs75 billion to convert about 27,000 agricultural tube‑wells in Balochistan to solar power, with a federal contribution of Rs50 billion to ease farmers' electricity shortages.
- Shehbaz inaugurated the AI Cloud Sky47 facility with an initial capacity of 8.5 megawatts, named ZTE and state agencies as partners, and said similar AI and cloud infrastructure would be built in Karachi and Lahore.
- The prime minister framed the package as a response to a recent surge in organised attacks after 2018, citing roughly 90,000 terrorism deaths and the Mastung judge killing to justify tighter security measures and faster development that could improve safety, access to power and water for residents.