Punjab’s 750-Member Pollution Squad Races to Douse Stubble Fires as Lahore Chokes on Smog
By Ahmed Khan | 14 November 2026 Punjab has formed a new 750-member Environmental Protection Force, split into 67 rapid-response units across the province’s main rice-growing districts, to douse the crop-stubble fires that help choke Lahore in smog every winter. In a single 24-hour period this week the department received 679 field-fire reports from across…