Overview
- A senior civil judge in Karachi ordered K‑Electric to pay Rs13.5 million within 90 days for a 2019 rain‑time electrocution, ruling the utility has a special duty to keep public poles safe even when other agencies’ wires are present.
- K‑Electric’s counsel told the court the pole was not the company’s property and blamed a private generator’s wiring for the leakage, but the written order rejected arguments that shift responsibility away from the utility’s public‑safety role.
- A Karachi magistrate extended the physical remand of Anmol “Pinky” by two days as investigators alleged she runs a nationwide drug network and cited a death linked to packaging marked “Queen Madam Pinky Dan,” while her lawyer said no link is proven and claimed coercion in custody.
- In Islamabad’s Tarnol area, a motorbike rider alleged in a video complaint that uniformed officers beat him, threatened false drug charges, and took Rs3,000 from his pocket, prompting appeals to senior police for identification and action.
- Lahore police arrested seven suspects, including four serving constables, over a Kot Lakhpat honey‑trap and extortion scheme, and Sukkur police registered a case against 12 over an illegal jirga that ordered a killing, arresting eight and searching for four others.