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Punjab Safe Cities Authority rolls out QR panic buttons in government hospitals
Scanning the code at a government hospital connects patients to Helpline 15, a live chat or video call, and to the Safe City virtual blood bank.
Fakhar Zaman's 127 sets up Pakistan's tri-series final win
Pakistan chased 326 with nine balls to spare at Gaddafi Stadium after losing Babar Azam for a five-ball duck inside the first four overs.
Smog returns to Punjab as Multan air quality index hits 434
Gujranwala recorded 347 and Lahore 294 as winter smog set in, with four other Punjab cities staying above 200 on the index.
Punjab crop-fire detections 4.2 times Indian Punjab's, satellite data shows
Okara, Gujranwala and Nankana Sahib alone logged more hotspots than all of Indian Punjab, as Lahore's air quality index reached 232.
Pakistan Railways rolls out new 20-coach Karakoram Express rake
The Lahore-Karachi service, to be run by a private operator, offers four classes and leaves both cities daily at 3:00pm.
Maryam vows to resign if one rupee of corruption proven
Punjab chief minister says bribe-taking officials are being dismissed and that investment cannot arrive without peace and stability.
Lahore AI traffic signal rollout stalls on Rs580m funding gap
TEPA says only Rs10 million has been released this fiscal year for a project approved at more than Rs590 million, with about 30 percent of the work done.
Lahore to suspend permits, licences of smoke-emitting vehicles
Chief Traffic Officer Syed Abdul Rahim Shirazi says 9,998 tickets have been issued to smoke-emitting vehicles and 233,476 for overloading in the current drive.
Adviser tells Senate Imran Khan's sister Noreen is well after treatment
Noreen Niazi was shifted from Kot Lakhpat jail to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology for high blood pressure, her lawyer said a day earlier.
PM approves Lahore and Karachi airport expansion under master plans
Islamabad meeting reviewed a foreign firm's survey of passenger facilities and ordered third-party validation of construction quality.
Cybercrime agency arrests schoolgirl's alleged blackmailer within 15 minutes
The NCCIA says it has recorded 351 arrests in social media harassment cases, while raids on four call centres in Lahore and Karachi produced 89 more.
Lahore police arrest 65 in anti-smog operations, register 37 cases
UrduPoint reported the two totals but gave no locations, legal sections or details of the allegations, and no named police officer was quoted.
LPG falls Rs 50 a kg in Lahore but stays double Ogra rate
Dealers expect a further drop as fresh stocks arrive, yet consumers pay Rs 550 a kg against the Rs 279.34 rate fixed by the regulator.
Imran Khan's sister Noreen Niazi moved from jail to Lahore cardiac hospital
Her lawyer says the 70-year-old was shifted without the family being told, while PTI sources say blood tests are under way at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.
Air pollution cuts Pakistani life expectancy by 3.9 years, report finds
PAQI's national emissions inventory puts the annual economic cost at 6.5pc of GDP and warns Lahore residents could lose up to seven years.
Lahore seals 40 illegal clinics, medical stores and labs in four days
UrduPoint reports the four-day drive covered unregistered clinics, pharmacies and diagnostic laboratories, but does not name the enforcing department or the areas involved.
Toxic smog returns to Lahore as air quality hits dangerous levels
Dunya News reports a high alert over pollution in the city while The Express Tribune says the smog has returned, with neither report carrying air quality figures.
Lahore police arrest bike rider accused of harassing passenger
CCTV footage of the woman jumping from the moving motorcycle in Johar Town spread on social media on Monday night; she was injured in the face and arms.
Punjab demolishes 197 brick kilns in month-long smog crackdown
The provincial EPA says it sealed 163 units and registered 162 FIRs, using drone surveillance and night squads before the winter smog season.
Lahore judge recuses himself from bail plea in Azeri woman case
Judge Rafaqat Ali Gondal referred the matter to the Lahore High Court after the suspect's lawyer sought an exemption from personal appearance.
Lahore smog pushes AQI to 358 as outlets differ on world ranking
Daily Pakistan called Lahore the world's most polluted city while The Express Tribune ranked it third, with neither outlet's full report available.
Lahore court extends remand in $126m postage fraud case
The NCCIA says Faheem Akram sold more than five million counterfeit US postage labels through LabelsBank.com; a Florida grand jury indicted him in September.
Sri Lanka bowl Pakistan out for 110 in Lahore tri-series
Dilshan Madushanka takes a career-best 5-34 as the hosts lose their last six wickets for 49 runs after Babar Azam's 29.
Pakistan bowled out for 110 as Madushanka takes five in Lahore
Sri Lanka elected to field in the fifth ODI tri-series match and reduced the hosts to 110 in 25.3 overs, with Babar Azam's 29 the top score.
Audit ordered into Lahore Waste Management Company fuel and repair spending
A chief minister's inspection team found workshop records at odds with the vehicle tracking system and 291 vehicles waiting to be auctioned.
Maryam Nawaz ties industrial growth to job creation at investment review
Meeting with PM's adviser Haroon Akhtar reviewed ease-of-doing-business reforms, with a briefing citing Rs70 billion in interest-free loans under the Asaan Karobar scheme.
Lahore woman jumps from moving motorcycle to escape alleged harassment
Police say she had booked the ride-hailing motorcycle in Johar Town on October 17 and was hurt in the fall; the rider fled the scene.
Lahore second on global pollution index as Punjab smog builds
IQAir's live tracker put Lahore at AQI 199 on Monday, while Punjab EPA readings cited by the Express Tribune ranged from 35 in Nankana Sahib to 210 in Pakpattan.
Journalists, civil society form committee to protect free expression
A Lahore roundtable chaired by Nasir Zaidi agreed to document violations and draft a charter of demands after wider consultations.
Pesco and Lesco announce planned outages across two provinces
Peshawar's utility will cut supply from 9am to 2:30pm on Tuesday, while Lahore's company has begun five-to-eight-hour daily shutdowns for winter upgrades.
President and PM congratulate Pakistan team after one-wicket win over England
Shehbaz Sharif singled out Shadab Khan's century and his last-wicket stand with Haris Rauf, while Balochistan's chief minister also sent congratulations.
Saim Ayub released from ODI squad at his own request
Sahibzada Farhan replaces the opener for the rest of the tri-nation series, with Pakistan already through to the final in Lahore.
Lahore traffic police to suspend licences after fatal crashes
The city's chief traffic officer says heavy and commercial vehicles make up 4% of traffic but are involved in 44% of road accidents.
Minister says Sambrial-Kharian motorway to cut Lahore-Rawalpindi trip by 100km
Aleem Khan told the Lahore Chamber of Commerce that the new link will save over an hour, but gave no completion date or cost for the project.
Peshawar razes over 450 structures along Ring Road
Dawn and ProPakistani both report more than 450 shops and structures cleared from government land along Peshawar's Ring Road; separately, Lahore's Ring Road authority has raised fines to Rs10,000.
JI chief calls encounters extrajudicial killings, warns of long march
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman says petrol could sell for about Rs225 a litre without the levy, and that talks with the prime minister will end if no relief follows.
Lahore master plan 2050 proposes penalties to regularise illegal housing schemes
Dawn reports the draft plan would let schemes that shifted from green to brown areas be regularised after fees and government approval, while those still on green land remain illegal.
Shadab century carries Pakistan past England into final
An unbeaten 113 from Shadab Khan and an unbroken 89-run last-wicket stand with Haris Rauf took Pakistan from 154 for nine to a one-wicket win in Lahore.
Punjab sets June 2027 deadline for 5,734 water filtration plants
Maryam Nawaz assigns assistant commissioners to monitor each plant and orders mobile repair units in every tehsil to keep them working.
Shaheen takes four as Pakistan bowl England out for 241 in Lahore
Ben Duckett's 105 off 111 balls held England together, but Pakistan need 242 for a third straight tri-series win on a Pink Day at Gaddafi Stadium.
