Overview
- The Pakistan Meteorological Department reported Karachi’s first winter rain and forecast further rain and snowfall across multiple regions, with temperatures expected to drop.
- DS Railways postponed the planned Islamabad–Tehran–Istanbul freight train launch due to pending security clearance, a service that was scheduled to start today.
- Sindh inaugurated a double-decker bus service in Karachi, initially running a 22-kilometer route from Malir to Shahrah-e-Faisal with fares set at Rs80–120.
- The Establishment Division issued the notification appointing Jaweed Akhtar Odho as Sindh’s inspector general of police, with formal charge commencing on January 1.
- Security updates included a CTD arrest of an alleged militant in Sahiwal, Lahore police foiling the abduction of a 10-year-old, Karachi police identifying a hit-and-run driver, and ISPR conveying Field Marshal Asim Munir’s warning about proxy threats and a decisive response to any breach of territorial integrity.