Overview

• Punjab approved a multi-pronged anti-smog plan, expanding air-quality monitoring to 41 stations with five mobile units, deploying 12 drone squads and 8 e‑squads, tightening vehicle emissions enforcement, and supporting farmers with machinery to curb stubble burning.
• A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck with a 195 km depth in the Hindu Kush, shaking northeastern Pakistan; officials reported no fatalities.
• The presidency highlighted new cooperation from Asif Ali Zardari’s China visit, including an MoU for Thar coal gasification, vocational training plans, livestock tracking with Sindh, potential Karachi waste‑to‑recycling projects, and discussions on linking Kashgar and Gwadar economic zones.
• Sindh reshuffled its cabinet, moving key portfolios, swearing in Ismail Raho as minister for Universities and Boards, appointing Giyan Chand Essrani as adviser for Rehabilitation, and naming additional special assistants with assigned departments.
• The Federal Ombudsman took suo motu notice of rising stray‑dog attacks in Islamabad and directed CDA and the municipal corporation to implement the Wildlife Management Board’s policy with immediate remedial action.