Overview
- Police launched heightened operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after coordinated attacks in Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu left multiple officers, including a station house officer, dead while three militants were killed and others wounded, according to officials.
- The Supreme Court directed authorities to provide Imran Khan prompt access to eye specialists and telephonic contact with his children, with the attorney general assuring compliance by February 16 as the court declined a request for a family member to attend the exam.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered the Power Division to file a review with NEPRA to safeguard existing net metering contracts, even as the regulator approved expanded fixed charges for residential users including those consuming up to 300 units.
- Punjab police leadership moved on accountability and transparency, suspending and transferring Lahore officers after a viral custody abuse video and beginning a Gujranwala rollout of body cameras for 29 traffic officers and patrol units from 30 police stations.
- Social support measures remained visible, with 156 couples married under Punjab’s Dhi Rani program in Sargodha with cash assistance per couple, and a Rawalpindi Waste Management Company panel advancing the regularization of over 1,000 workers for board approval.