Overview
- The court directed a complete halt to commercial activity every Sunday in Lahore, also requiring marriage halls to close by 10 p.m.
- Justice Shahid Karim ordered strict enforcement of existing closure rules, with markets to shut by 10 p.m. and restaurants by 11 p.m.
- The Punjab government reissued business-hour limits—markets 10 p.m. Monday–Saturday and 2–10 p.m. on Sundays, restaurants until 11 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends, deliveries to 2 a.m.—with essential services exempt and monitoring teams deployed.
- Lahore recorded a hazardous AQI of 372 and again topped global pollution rankings, as officials cited regional winds and petitioners disputed that explanation.
- WASA was told to file timelines for prolonged excavation projects blamed for dust, a director-level environment officer must brief each hearing, motorbike patrols are to stay active, and the case returns to court on November 7.