Overview
- The top court stayed trial‑court proceedings in the Rs10 billion defamation suit against the PTI founder and issued notice to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after questioning the termination of the defendant’s right to present a defense.
- In a separate service matter, Justice Ayesha Malik dismissed the federal government’s appeal as time‑barred and held that the state receives no special treatment and must meet statutory deadlines.
- FIA Lahore reported two arrests in migrant‑smuggling and visa‑fraud cases, including a proclaimed offender accused of extracting funds on promises of UAE and UK work visas.
- OGDCL announced a hydrocarbon find at Tando Allahyar’s Dars West‑3 well, projecting about 9.7 million cubic feet per day of gas and 580 barrels per day of condensate to be processed into the SNGPL network.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa imposed a 60‑day ban on illegal riverbank mining and placer gold extraction under Section 144, while Balochistan said 328,000 families will receive a special Ramadan package with complaint redress via the CM cell.