Overview
- Lahore Commissioner Maryam Khan directed deputy commissioners to list rural and urban open drains, set cleaning SOPs, post schedules and feedback channels, and place warning and penalty notices at drains.
- The Lahore division reported about 19,000 of roughly 21,000 identified potholes repaired, with standardized streetlight and service benchmarks and plans to activate executive public washrooms at major petrol pumps.
- District authorities said coordination with PHA and WASA Lahore is underway to expand service areas for urban services.
- The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet approved two Islamic-compliant takaful companies, allocating Rs 2 billion for a General Takaful Company and Rs 3 billion for a Family Takaful Company, and launched an Ehsaas Education Internship starting with Rs 207 million to place 850 youth in schools annually for three years.
- Karachi Bar Association leaders announced a strike and said police would be kept out of City Court until an FIR is registered against YouTuber Rajab Butt, after an FIR filed by his lawyer named more than 15 lawyers over an alleged assault and missing Rs 300,000.