Overview
- Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif ordered audits of fire-safety systems in public and private buildings across Punjab.
- Emergency Services Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique directed full enforcement of the Building Safety Regulations 2022 with legal action for violations, following a survey of 2,214 high-rise buildings.
- The province is implementing a roughly Rs2 billion plan to extend firefighting services to 39 additional tehsils, with Rescue 1122 citing 281 fire vehicles, 2,446 trained rescuers and more than 280,000 fire emergencies handled.
- All Punjab Development Plan projects will be geo-tagged and monitored from control rooms in deputy commissioners’ offices, with officials reporting Rs2.8 billion saved through Phase‑I transparency measures.
- Urban works will require full road restoration after excavations, protected work sites, standard manhole covers and single utility corridors, alongside city beautification with streetlights, green belts and public recreation spaces.