Overview
- Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar visited veteran broadcaster Ishrat Fatima and secured her agreement to train Pakistan Television newscasters, with a focus on pronunciation and newsroom coaching.
- Lahore district officials reported phase one of the Lahore Development Program is complete, covering repairs in over 5,500 lanes, 316 km of new sewer lines, and 10 operational disposal stations, with inaugurations starting January 20.
- Phase two of the program includes 8,000 lanes, 1,500 already finished, and carries a completion target of June 30, according to the deputy commissioner’s briefing.
- Under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s Suthra Punjab initiative, the Lahore Waste Management Company continued special cleaning operations across nine towns, deploying 1,068 workers, 134 vehicles, and 170 loader rickshaws in Gulberg and clearing multiple hotspot areas.
- Chairing the 296th Quality Control Board meeting, Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazeer directed that antibiotics not be sold without prescriptions and set a stakeholders’ consultative meeting for next week, with enforcement coordination to include DRAP.