Punjab’s flight operations are disrupted by smog.

The reports provided details that 11 flights have been canceled, while 3 have landed at alternative destinations.

Significant delays were encountered on 53 flights, including both domestic and international flights. PK 340 and 341 from Karachi to Faisalabad have been canceled, according to the flight schedule.

Furthermore, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cancelled flights PK 322 and 323 from Lahore to Quetta. In addition, V739, an international flight from Jeddah to Lahore, has been cancelled.

Furthermore, the flights PK 281 and 282 from Muscat to Sialkot have been canceled by PIA. Four flights from Islamabad to Gilgit, PK 601, 602, 605, and 606, have also been canceled.

QR 616, a flight operated by Foreign Airlines, was required to make an emergency landing in Islamabad before being rerouted to Multan once the weather conditions improved.

The Jeddah-Lahore flight, SV738, also made an arrival in Islamabad. At Lahore airport, flight PK-244 has arrived from Dammam to Sialkot.

This morning, flight OD132 from Lahore to Kuala Lumpur was unable to take off, while flight TG346 from Lahore to Bangkok was also unable to depart until this morning.

In the wake of smog, Punjab government earlier sealed dozens of shops, wedding halls and restaurants as authorities have intensified enforcement of early market closures at 8 p.m. to address smog issues.

According to details, 75 shops and several wedding halls sealed across Lahore for violating closing hours, while 14 restaurants were shut down for defying the ban on outdoor dining.

In Shalimar Tehsil, 9 shops and 3 restaurants were sealed for violations, while City Tehsil saw 4 shops sealed for staying open past designated hours.

In Ravi Tehsil, authorities sealed 12 shops, and in Raiwind Tehsil, 4 restaurants and 4 shops were closed for non-compliance.

Cantonment Tehsil saw 5 shops and 3 restaurants sealed, and in Saddar Tehsil, 5 shops were also shut down for breaching closing time regulations.