Overview
- The Lahore High Court directed the Parks and Horticulture Authority to restore Nasir Bagh Park under its supervision and submit a compliance report at the next hearing.
- The bench ordered that no tree or branch be removed anywhere in the city without prior approval from the Director General of the PHA.
- PHA informed the court that its project director and other officials were suspended and that proceedings under the PEEDA Act have begun, with a show-cause issued after TEPA attempted to uproot a tree near Data Darbar.
- A judicial commission reported no trees were felled along Canal Road and only branches were trimmed near an underpass, while a separate inspection found unnecessary branch cutting near Doctor Hospital that the court questioned.
- In a separate case, the LHC admitted a petition challenging stray-dog culling by gunfire and poison, issued notices to Punjab authorities, and heard claims of a child injured in Khanewal and non-implementation of the Animal Birth Control Policy 2021.