Overview

• Pakistan’s first provincial air quality forecast system goes live with weekly public reports, health advisories and integration with Windy and European models.
• Officials report 41 monitoring stations now operational, with a plan to scale to 100 alongside five mobile units and 25 gas analyzers.
• Enforcement ramps up with 12 drone squads, eight e-squads, 15 fog cannons and new fuel-testing labs, plus a three-strike impound rule for smoke-emitting vehicles and an Oct 15 Lahore crackdown.
• The plan targets crop-residue burning through 5,000 super seeders and a harvester transfer program, while allocating Rs5 billion for landfill projects in Faisalabad and Gujranwala.
• Public-facing measures include air quality updates every eight hours, helpline 1737 linked to 15, a 48-hour online appeals system, school recycling bins by Oct 31 and nine plastic-free zones.