Overview
- The federal government formed a 15‑member economic governance committee chaired by the finance minister, tasked to report to the prime minister every quarter and comprising senior finance, law, planning, investment and regulatory officials including the SBP governor and SECP chair.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered faster delivery of concessional financing to small and medium enterprises and backed SMEDA’s three‑year roadmap after a briefing that included the SBP governor, provincial chief secretaries and the agency’s new board.
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi directed a forceful crackdown on money‑laundering and human‑smuggling networks, with FIA briefings citing 20 agent arrests in four months, Rs140 million in non‑customs goods and drugs seized, and a new passenger facilitation center at Karachi airport.
- Punjab approved using public‑private partnerships for construction, repair and maintenance of roads, housing and hostels, cleared multiple corridor upgrades and targets at least 30% of the 2026–27 development program via PPPs; the province also highlighted its Suthra Punjab waste‑management initiative, which reports extensive real‑time fleet monitoring and planned recycling and waste‑to‑energy projects.
- On Kashmir Self‑Determination Day, the prime minister and president reaffirmed support for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, urged action under UN Security Council resolutions, and pressed India to roll back the August 5, 2019 measures and rights restrictions.