Overview
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the bulletproof vehicles rejected by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be dispatched to Balochistan to strengthen operations against terrorism, as the KP governor requested a report on why the fleet was returned.
- Pakistan Navy’s PNS Yarmook, operating under CMF/CTF‑150, seized more than $972 million worth of narcotics in two boardings in the Arabian Sea, drawing public praise from U.S. Central Command.
- Opposition lawmakers formally filed Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s nomination for Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, submitting a petition backed by 74 signatures to the Assembly Secretariat.
- President Donald Trump said he warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop buying Russian oil or face heavy tariffs, a claim India’s foreign ministry said it had no knowledge of.
- The Pakistan Cricket Board removed Mohammad Rizwan as ODI captain and appointed Shaheen Shah Afridi, while former captain Rashid Latif alleged—without official corroboration—that the move followed Rizwan’s public support for Gaza.