Overview
- The Islamabad High Court denied Imran Khan’s request for transfer to a private hospital and directed the chief commissioner to constitute a medical board including Dr. Arif and Dr. Nadeem Qureshi, with family notification under jail rules.
- The court said the medical board will report to the chief commissioner, who will decide on any hospital transfer, noting jail authorities’ report of improving health and reaffirming that executive discretion on transfers will not be judicially overridden.
- In the Toshakhana-II matter, the IHC removed registrar-office objections and ordered that the appeals filed by Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi be numbered, clearing the way for appellate processing.
- Nehnal Hashmi was sworn in as Governor of Sindh following presidential approval of the prime minister’s summary, as MQM-P leaders publicly objected to the unilateral change and questioned staying in the federal coalition.
- IMF and Pakistani officials held virtual reviews under the Extended Fund Facility and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility, reporting progress yet unresolved differences on the fiscal deficit and taxation, with negotiations to continue; separate security updates included the death of ASI Bahar Ali after foiling a major bank heist in Peshawar, two brothers shot dead in Naushero Feroze, and a Lahore heroin seizure with multiple arrests.