Overview

• Suspending an Islamabad High Court order, the Supreme Court allowed Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri to resume duties and issued notices, with further proceedings scheduled as his name returned to court rosters.
• Sindh High Court took up the Karachi University degree-cancellation petition involving Justice Jahangiri, issuing notices to parties and setting the next hearing for October 5.
• Lahore High Court ordered nationwide data on unregistered SIMs from the PTA by October 6, warned it may summon the chairman, and pressed for immediate blocking of illicit SIMs and action over mobile-wallet scams.
• An Islamabad High Court division bench stayed a single-bench ruling and restored the FBR’s power to issue Section 175C monitoring notices, noting the notices are for monitoring rather than punitive action.
• Police reported a suspected murder–suicide of a Karachi couple with a 9mm pistol recovered, an FIR in Sargodha alleging sexual extortion by a fake faith healer, and multiple alleged CCD encounters killing several suspects, as floods kept the M5 motorway closed and forecasters predicted more Sindh rain through October 3.