Overview
- The Islamabad High Court suspended until December 4 the Islamic Ideological Council’s opinion related to Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza and barred its citation before any forum, asking authorities to justify the Council’s advisory role to investigators.
- The Election Commission served KP Chief Minister Suhail Afridi a notice over alleged violations of the election code, scheduling a hearing for Friday at noon and also summoning NA-18 candidate Sehr Naz.
- In a separate case, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani rebuked alleged use of fake FIRs and abductions, directed the FIA to continue investigating without issuing a final order, and aligned next steps with an outstanding Supreme Court ruling.
- Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir referred PTI MNA Shandana Gulzar’s PECA case filings to the IHC chief justice for consolidation to avoid conflicting decisions across benches.
- Punjab’s Home Department granted Jamaat-e-Islami a conditional NOC for a November 21–23 gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan with strict limits on sound, processions and speech; police meanwhile probed shootings in Karachi and Hyderabad that left three dead and one critically injured, and the Presidency removed Federal Urdu University Senate deputy chair Jamil Ahmed Khan.