No significant news events or official statements emerged between 8:16 PM and 8:45 PM UTC on February 23, 2026, according to available sources monitoring the period. This 29-minute reporting window, following Pakistan's airstrikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, related security measures in Karachi and Chaman, and Minister Chaudhry's earlier resolve against terror attacks, produced one unverified social media report of tight security outside PIMS hospital with claims that Imran Khan has just been brought there, per an X post by Husnainrafique_. The PIMS report lacks official confirmation from authorities or mainstream outlets during this window. Other sources in the period consisted solely of unrelated personal birthday messages exchanged on X between SempreVinta11 and Mohsin_o2. Prior developments included Pakistan Minister Chaudhry's statement between 7:16 PM and 7:45 PM UTC that "We are not supposed to just attend funerals. The civilian leadership and armed forces are resolute that this cannot be tolerated anymore," per Dawn.com, alongside high alerts in Karachi based on intelligence reports, as covered in previous reports.
