Overview
- The Lahore High Court stayed the Punjab Property Ownership Ordinance, ordered reversal of possessions granted under it, and sent the challenges for full-bench review, with Chief Justice Alia Neelum sharply questioning the law’s scope and due-process gaps.
- The Punjab Health Department, acting on court directions, constituted an eight-member committee led by the special secretary to compile province-wide dog-bite data, audit eradication efforts and vaccine availability, and report by February 10.
- Punjab Police finalized a holiday security plan deploying over 30,000 personnel to safeguard more than 2,900 churches and related sites, with sensitive locations to receive additional coverage and continuous monitoring.
- Police reported 249 combing operations across the province in 24 hours, questioning 7,542 people, detaining 45 suspects, and arresting hundreds of proclaimed offenders and absconders during coordinated mock exercises and checks.
- The Supreme Court granted bail in a hate-material case, and an FIA court approved bail for NCCIA officers in an alleged bribery matter linked to a public figure’s family, spotlighting evidentiary disputes set for trial.