Overview
- Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore publicly told the banned Joint Action Committee to call off protests and said the state will enforce its writ following violent demonstrations.
- Government sources report a planned, multi‑pronged crackdown that would include freezing CNICs, passports and bank accounts of those linked to JAAC and tracing the group’s assets and facilitators.
- PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said signing of an Islamabad agreement is imminent and framed the deal as a major political settlement attracting international attention.
- In a separate high‑profile security move, a Crime Control Department officer was arrested in Chakwal after a nine‑year‑old was killed and the FIR was amended to include murder (Section 302) with the rifle recovered.
- Authorities are advancing institutional measures: the Pakistan Cricket Board tied central contracts to domestic play and objective data and Punjab’s chief minister ordered detailed Muharram security, CCTV and QR‑code emergency measures.