Overview

• Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has been asked to mediate and will meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday to seek his intervention.
• PPP escalated its protest as Raja Pervaiz Ashraf walked out of the National Assembly and paused participation until remarks by Punjab ministers about Sindh are clarified.
• Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz doubled down in Lahore, saying she is “cleansing the minds” of those who envy Punjab’s progress and declining to offer an apology.
• Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari rejected demands for contrition, saying any apology should come from the Sindh government and accusing PPP of targeting Punjab to weaken the federation.
• PTI’s Asad Qaiser offered support for a PPP-led no-confidence move against the federal government, while PPP leaders warned the treasury not to assume their votes in the Senate.