Overview
- Interior and Overseas Pakistanis ministers ordered a zero‑tolerance drive against fake visas and agent networks, directing reforms to immigration and protector issuance systems.
- Officials said an AI‑based app will be piloted in January in Islamabad to pre‑assess travel eligibility, with proposals due in seven days and measures that include canceling deportees’ passports to block re‑visa attempts and shifting international driving licenses to the National Police Bureau.
- The Senate passed the National Agri Trade and Food Safety Authority Bill 2025, paving the way for a federal regulator focused on agri‑trade and food safety.
- Punjab approved converting the Suthra Punjab program into a statutory authority and appointed Lahore Waste Management Company chief Babar Saheb Din as its director general.
- DG ISPR Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Choudhry escalated criticism of a prominent political leader, labeling the person a national security threat and urging that politics be kept separate from the military.