November 2025

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday expressed serious displeasure over the Punjab government’s inadequate measures to combat smog and warned that the deteriorating air quality in Lahore had reached alarming levels. Justice Shahid Karim, while hearing several petitions related to smog control, pollution abatement and groundwater protection, criticized the authorities for their failure […]

Lawyers critical of the current situation blame the leadership of the superior judiciary for allowing executive intervention The Lahore High Court last week asked the petitioner’s lawyer to submit a copy of the application he had filed with the federal government for cancellation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s registration and allowed him to amend his petition.

LAHORE: Most major cities in Punjab were engulfed in smog on Monday with air quality deteriorating to dangerous levels. Lahore, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura and Kasur recorded the worst air quality levels. According to international monitoring agency IQAir, Gujranwala’s AQI climbed as high as 762, among the highest in the region. However, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Advocate General in a suo motu case regarding supply of contaminated water from Khanpur Dam. During the hearing of the case, the Water and Power Development Authority’s (WAPDA) lawyer, Hasan Raza, informed a Constitutional Bench (CB) of the Supreme Court that Khanpur Dam is

KP Assembly Committee on Law and Order expresses dissatisfaction at briefings by IGP, Chief Secretary PESHAWAR: A special committee of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly has expressed displeasure over briefings by the Chief Secretary, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Home Ministry on the law and order situation in the province. The committee has