Overview
- On July 5 the Lahore traffic chief ordered stepped‑up smog enforcement that includes suspending driving licences and route permits for smoky commercial vehicles, mass challans, entry bans for uncovered loads and AI‑assisted vehicle detection.
- Lahore Police say they rescued two foreign women, arrested multiple suspects in the abduction and sexual‑assault case, seized phones and CCTV evidence, and reported DNA matches that led to three suspects being placed on five‑day physical remand.
- Group Captain Asim Tariq of the Pakistan Air Force was shot dead after intervening in an alleged abduction; police arrested a suspect within hours and authorities have lodged a murder case and held court proceedings in Islamabad.
- Punjab has approved creation of the Asset Management Authority of Punjab (AMAP) and launched the 'Apna Khait, Apna Rozgar' scheme to lease cultivable land to 30,000 poor families, while the federal InvestPak portal has gone live to ease investment procedures.
- Provincial responses are broadening: Sindh has announced action against wheat hoarding to steady flour prices and Azad Jammu & Kashmir officials say they are pursuing members of a banned Joint Action Committee after violent incidents and failed strike efforts.