Overview
- Senior Pakistan Peoples Party leader and former provincial minister Lal Bakhsh Bhutto has died, the party confirmed.
- President Asif Ali Zardari praised Bhutto’s democratic struggle and public service, offering condolences to his family.
- PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and other senior leaders issued tributes and expressions of grief.
- Punjab minister Maryam Aurangzeb said Lahore’s Air Quality Index fell to 159 following 24-hour monitoring, removal of more than 800 smoke-emitting vehicles, and inspections that led to several industrial units being sealed.
- Aurangzeb advised residents to wear masks and limit morning outdoor activity, and she asserted that polluted winds from India are not entering Lahore.