Punjab
Lahore's air turns unhealthy early as smog season approaches
Lahore's air quality index hit 295 this week, before the winter smog peak, as Punjab enters what experts call a pre-smog phase. Here is what is being done.
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Health: 5 The Indus Compass stories. Latest: Lahore's air turns unhealthy early as smog season approaches. Key developments, background and analysis.
5 stories on health since 23 September 2026; the latest was published on 5 October 2026.
Key developments
- Lahore's air turns unhealthy early as smog season approachesLahore's air quality index hit 295 this week, before the winter smog peak, as Punjab enters what experts call a pre-smog phase. Here is what is being done.
- PIMS fire that killed 14 newborns: IHC gives federation two weeks to respond to petitionsThe Islamabad High Court sought the government's reply on petitions over the PIMS nursery fire that killed 14 newborns, as the inquiry awaits the PM's orders.
- KP plans to keep 20pc of public hospitals' Sehat Card earnings, law to be amendedKhyber Pakhtunkhwa plans to retain 20pc of what public hospitals earn under Sehat Card Plus, arguing they already get state budgets, and will amend the 2020 health law.
- Four dialysis patients test HIV-positive at Mian Channu hospital, renewing infection-control fearsThe patients, three of them women, were referred to Nishtar Hospital Multan. The cases follow earlier HIV outbreaks linked to healthcare settings in south Punjab.
- 102-hour weeks for doctors are 'inhuman', says Islamabad High Court, asking medical council to actThe court asked the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to recommend limits on doctors' working hours, as evidence showed fatigue can impair doctors as much as alcohol.
Islamabad
PIMS fire that killed 14 newborns: IHC gives federation two weeks to respond to petitions
The Islamabad High Court sought the government's reply on petitions over the PIMS nursery fire that killed 14 newborns, as the inquiry awaits the PM's orders.
Health
KP plans to keep 20pc of public hospitals' Sehat Card earnings, law to be amended
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa plans to retain 20pc of what public hospitals earn under Sehat Card Plus, arguing they already get state budgets, and will amend the 2020 health law.
Health
Four dialysis patients test HIV-positive at Mian Channu hospital, renewing infection-control fears
The patients, three of them women, were referred to Nishtar Hospital Multan. The cases follow earlier HIV outbreaks linked to healthcare settings in south Punjab.
Health
102-hour weeks for doctors are 'inhuman', says Islamabad High Court, asking medical council to act
The court asked the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to recommend limits on doctors' working hours, as evidence showed fatigue can impair doctors as much as alcohol.