Overview
- Punjab’s disaster authority kept cold-weather advisories in place through January 16 as the national meteorological service rejected viral claims of an extraordinary cold or snow wave for January 16–25.
- NEPRA heard the federal plan for a uniform national electricity tariff with proposed reductions across several categories, with implementation targeted for January 15 pending the regulator’s approval.
- The Lahore High Court, hearing a smog case, ordered restoration of Lahore’s Nisar Bagh Park under PHA supervision and directed that no tree branches be cut without the DG’s approval, with compliance to be reported at the next hearing.
- Militants attacked a peace militia in Orakzai, killing two as three attackers were shot dead in return fire, while a separate shooting on peace committee members in Bannu left four dead and triggered a search operation.
- An Interior Ministry committee reviewed initial findings on the Islamabad wedding house gas blast that killed eight and will submit a report within 48 hours, as a separate cylinder leak fire in Arifwala claimed a mother and two daughters.