Overview
- Overnight restrictions extended to new stretches, with closures on M1 Peshawar–Burhan, M3 Faizpur–Darkhana, M4 Faisalabad–Multan, and M5 Multan–Zahirpir, plus a heavy‑vehicle ban on M5 between Rahim Yar Khan and Rohri.
- Through Sunday, authorities also shut key Punjab corridors including M2 Lahore–Kot Momin, M4 segments between Pindi Bhattian–Gojra and Khanewal–Multan, and M11 Lahore–Sialkot, with reopenings tied to visibility improvement.
- NDMA issued a three‑day alert for intense fog in South and Central Punjab as forecasts point to continued fog over the plains of Punjab, upper Sindh, and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Motorway Police urged travel between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm, strict lane discipline, reduced speeds, use of fog lights, and use of helpline 130, with monitoring teams deployed on major routes.
- Rawalpindi–Islamabad faced visibility as low as 25 metres, brief morning impacts at Islamabad International Airport, rail delays from Karachi and Lahore, increased cold‑related hospital visits, and reports of low gas pressure.