Overview

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met PML-N President Nawaz Sharif at Jati Umra, with Ishaq Dar and Maryam Nawaz also attending to review party and national affairs.
• Shehbaz conveyed a goodwill message from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, highlighted strengthening economic ties with Malaysia, and flagged an upcoming official visit to Egypt.
• The leaders discussed recent provocations from Afghanistan, and Shehbaz praised the Pakistan Armed Forces’ response while expressing nationwide support for the military.
• In a separate briefing, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi updated the prime minister on internal security and counterterrorism, with instructions to sustain coordinated measures to protect citizens.
• Reporting based on unnamed sources says PML-N, with establishment backing, is working to block PTI’s Sohail Afridi as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, including outreach to PTI lawmakers and potential support for JUI-F’s Maulana Fazlur Rehman.