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AJK Prime Minister Iftikhar Gillani has ordered government departments to move quickly on his administration’s 100-day reform agenda, focusing on public services, employment and administrative efficiency. Planned priorities include youth engagement, demand-based skills programmes and improvements in transport and healthcare.
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Communications has demanded detailed answers over deteriorating roads, delayed highway projects and toll collection practices across Pakistan. The panel ordered follow-up action on the Sukkur-Shikarpur highway and reviewed progress on major projects including the M-6 and M-8 motorways.
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has welcomed the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling on the Indus Waters Treaty, calling it an important legal and diplomatic success for Pakistan. The decision reaffirmed the treaty’s continuing force while the dispute over Indian hydroelectric projects proceeds through international mechanisms.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told the SCO summit in Bishkek that water must not be used as a political pressure tool and called for full respect for international agreements. He also outlined Pakistan's priorities on terrorism, regional connectivity, economic cooperation and artificial intelligence as Islamabad prepares to assume the SCO Council of Heads of State chairmanship.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held informal meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and several other regional leaders during the SCO summit in Bishkek. The diplomatic exchanges come as Pakistan prepares to assume the SCO Council of Heads of State chairmanship for 2026-27.
The Islamabad High Court has ordered Adiala Jail authorities to ensure Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi are not kept in solitary confinement and directed officials to facilitate family meetings, telephone contact and other prison facilities. The jail superintendent must implement the ruling and submit a compliance report within 15 days.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye have held the first committee meeting under their trilateral defence pact in Istanbul, with the framework formally identified as the Makkah Defence Alliance. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said its first secretary-general will be from Pakistan as the three countries begin building the alliance's institutional structure and consider a roadmap for possible future expansion.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif begins a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan on August 31 to attend the SCO Council of Heads of State and SCO Plus meetings. Pakistan will assume the SCO Council chairmanship for 2026-27, while Shehbaz will also hold bilateral talks focused on trade, investment, energy and regional connectivity.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has dismissed 128 employees, removed 18 from service and ordered compulsory retirement for six as part of accountability proceedings covering 827 cases since October 2025. Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi has directed authorities to resolve the remaining 198 cases promptly while maintaining merit, transparency and due process.
MQM-P leader Mustafa Kamal has renewed calls for new administrative units, arguing that restructuring governance would help strengthen local governments and improve public services in Karachi and other urban areas. Speaking at an Orangi Town rally, he also announced further political gatherings and said the party would continue campaigning for constitutional and municipal reforms.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye will hold the first meeting under their joint defence agreement in Istanbul, with senior foreign and defence officials expected to participate. The talks will review implementation of the pact and cooperation on security, military coordination and defence-industry development.
AJK Prime Minister Iftikhar Gilani has visited PML-N AJK President Shah Ghulam Qadir after tensions emerged over Gilani's nomination and Qadir's boycott of the prime ministerial vote. The outreach is being viewed as an effort to restore party unity as the newly elected government moves toward cabinet formation and implementation of its agenda.
