Overview
- Protesters demanded Mayor Murtaza Wahab resign and called for FIRs against municipal and Water Board officials in future such incidents near Neepa Chowrangi.
- Wahab said covers are installed but often stolen, urged citizens to report missing lids via 1334, and pledged stronger emergency response and equipment.
- Sindh authorities relieved Karachi’s DC East and SSP East following the incident, with an official investigation in progress.
- Punjab’s CCD reported four suspects killed in alleged shootouts in Lahore and one in Chakwal, with several arrests during a 72-hour anti-narcotics push.
- An IED blast followed by gunfire on a police mobile in Dera Ismail Khan killed three officers, drawing national condemnations, while Rawalpindi police made arrests in a teen rape case and the RDA demolished an illegal structure.