Overview

• The prime minister summoned senior party leaders to discuss Punjab–Sindh friction and pursue a cooling-off, according to party sources.
• Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is meeting the premier to deliver President Asif Zardari’s message and advance de‑escalation efforts.
• PPP lawmakers staged a walkout from the National Assembly, capping tensions after pointed remarks exchanged by Bilawal Bhutto and Maryam Nawaz.
• PPP’s Qamar Zaman Kaira said the party does not seek to embarrass the government, while reiterating grievances over flood relief and the coalition deal.
• PML‑N’s Rana Sanaullah said Maryam Nawaz had answered Bilawal’s comments and cast the dispute as political disagreement rather than enmity.