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Talha Saeed
August 7, 2025

No trees to be cut on Canal Road for Yellow Line, LHC issues order

Justice Karim directed that the Punjab government be informed of its obligation not to remove any trees from Canal Road

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Talha Saeed
August 5, 2025

LHC questions absence of Yellow Line project documents

Advocate General Punjab Amjad Pervaiz appeared before the court and informed the bench that the PC-1 (Project Concept-1) for the Yellow Line project has not yet been prepared

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Zoya Anwer
July 9, 2025

Smog crisis: LHC halts tree cutting for Yellow Line project

Addressing another critical pollution source, LHC bench ordered CCPO Lahore to immediately clear all obstructed service lanes along one-way routes

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AFP
June 6, 2025

School’s out: climate change keeps Pakistan students home

In May, a nationwide heatwave saw temperatures up to seven degrees Celsius above normal, hitting 45C (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in Punjab and prompting several provinces to cut school hours or start summer holidays early

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Zoya Anwer
March 17, 2025

In a first, Punjab EPA assigns unique IDs to industries, brick kilns

To further improve oversight, the Eco-Watch app will now require inspectors to register the unique ID of each unit or kiln during field inspections.

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Reuters
March 12, 2025

Global smog standards: only seven countries qualify as Pakistan ranks 3rd most polluted

India ranked fifth in the smog rankings behind Chad, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the DRC but it accounted for 12 out of 20 most polluted cities.

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AFP
March 11, 2025

‘Really suffocating’: Pakistan emerges from record smog season

Due to smog, Pakistan regularly ranks among the world’s most polluted countries, with Lahore atop the list between November and February.

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WEB DESK
February 24, 2025

EPA report exposes failure of Punjab’s smog tower in controlling pollution

EPA committee found that anti-smog tower had poor voltage regulation, ineffective electrode design and inadequate filtration system.

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WEB DESK
February 20, 2025

Punjab’s first green buses hit the roads today; fare capped at Rs20

Earlier this year, severity of smog and deteriorating AQI led Punjab to implement intense crackdown on smoke-emitting vehicles.

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WEB DESK
February 16, 2025

‘Green wall’ against smog: Punjab to convert 978 acres of land into forests

Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the mission is to freshen up Lahore’s air, for which a target of planting 634,000 trees has been set. She said that this is Punjab government’s historic war against smog.