Overview
- A roof collapse at a tuition centre in Kaahna killed 14 children and injured others, prompting arrests of the landlord, mason and a worker, government payments of Rs2 million to each bereaved family and ordered province‑wide safety audits of schools and tuition centres.
- Police have widened the Kaahna probe and taken additional suspects into custody for interrogation, and funerals for victims were held on Wednesday as officials promised a transparent inquiry and free medical care for the injured.
- Punjab has moved from promise to operation on green transport: the province announced a five‑year target of 5,000 electric buses, will soft‑launch 61 buses for 28 districts on July 10, and expects further shipments arriving by July 20 and July 25 for phased district rollouts.
- The provincial e‑bike and farming push continues with plans to distribute 100,000 student e‑bikes within a year at a Rs70,000 subsidy per unit and targeted payment terms for female students, while the Kisan Card programme reports 900,000 cards issued, Rs360 billion in interest‑free loans disbursed and an independent KPMG audit due by September 30, 2026.
- At the federal level, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar warned that any attempt to block Pakistan’s river share will be treated as an 'act of war' and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has created a monsoon emergency response committee and allocated an extra Rs330 billion for national water‑protection projects.