Overview

• Punjab approved a multi-pronged anti-smog program, expanding fixed air-quality monitors from 38 to 41, deploying five mobile units, 12 drone squads and eight e-squads, restricting high-emission vehicles, and supporting farmers with machinery to curb crop burning alongside eight-hourly AQ reports.
• An official Sindh cabinet reshuffle reassigned key portfolios, with Syed Nasir Hussain Shah taking Local Government in addition to Energy, Saeed Ghani moving to Labour and Social Protection, Ismail Rahu sworn in as minister for Universities and Boards, and a government notification issued.
• PPP leaders said President Asif Ali Zardari’s China trip yielded MoUs on Thar coal gasification that could produce fertilizer, agricultural seed development and vocational training, a Karachi waste‑recycling project using old tyres, and discussions on high-speed rail, with expectations these understandings will be converted into contracts.
• At a site visit to a PTI rally venue in Peshawar, scuffles between security staff and party workers left a police officer injured and broke the VIP stage gate, after which Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur departed without media remarks.
• Punjab authorities reviewed AML/CFT performance, highlighting cabinet approval of a new Waqf, Trust and Cooperative Societies Management Act 2025, expanded oversight of charities with 8,000+ NGOs registered, and stated the province has met its assigned FATF-related targets for reporting to the federal government.