Overview
- Traffic police reported severe congestion across Karachi’s main corridors on Jan. 9, as the mayor launched an Orangi Town road and drainage rehabilitation project to ease mobility.
- More than 800 dog-bite cases were recorded in the first week of the month, with the 2022 rabies-control programme lagging on targets, short on vehicles and staff, and having used about 30% of its budget.
- Authorities granted PTI a conditional NOC for a Bagh-e-Jinnah rally, placing security, speech restrictions, traffic management, and strict timing on organisers, even as PTI figures cited uncertainty over final logistics.
- The Peshawar ATC in the Radio Pakistan attack case placed a Punjab Forensic Lab report on file, summoned the investigative officer for the next hearing on Jan. 26, and noted more than 80 accused named by police.
- The Sindh government ordered immediate action on 13,603 corruption complaints across 22 departments, with the anti-corruption minister directing transparent and prompt proceedings against implicated officials.