Overview

• Punjab’s senior minister reported a coordinated anti-smog operation using drones, smog guns, water sprinkling and 24/7 checks on construction-haul trucks, with uncovered or overloaded vehicles blocked from entering Lahore and crop-residue burning curbed through field enforcement and machinery.
• Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz chaired a revenue session that reviewed adding 19 sectors to the tax net, approved hiring 130 enforcement officers, cleared a Punjab Revenue Authority special unit, and set an Oct. 30 deadline to extend PRA operations to 30 districts alongside a taxpayer facilitation app.
• The Pakistan Air Force said its contingent reached Azerbaijan after a nonstop flight supported by in‑air refueling from a PAF IL‑78, with JF‑17 Block III fighters arriving for the bilateral Indus Shield Alpha exercise focused on joint planning and interoperability.
• Used-clothing traders protested a reported levy of Rs200 per kilogram on imports, warning prices of warm garments could rise by Rs500–1,500 per item and pressure low‑income buyers.
• Levies sources said unknown attackers hurled a grenade at a Bolan police station, set a fire and fled with government weapons, with no casualties reported and the incident described as developing.