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Punjab EPA Air Monitoring Network & Smog Emergency Orders

Revision 2026-08-15-baseline · effective 2026-08-15

Superseded. A later revision exists: 2026-08-20-source-dates-b4 →

unreviewed

Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 6 claims and 5 source dossiers.

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Change set

  • add /evidencePassport — Added claim-level evidence mapping and source dossiers.
  • add /revisionHistory — Established a permanent, hash-addressed baseline revision.
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source dossiers
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publication dates recorded
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archives linked
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exact locators
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content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-827a76d689f1c6f8 quantitative
In November 2024 the Punjab Environmental Protection Agency installed new regulatory-grade monitors and linked them to a central control room
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The Tribune reported the November 2024 installations linked to the EPA control room; the portal describes its network as regulatory-grade equipment.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Express Tribune — Punjab installs modern air quality monitors (Nov 2024)
  2. Punjab EPA — official Lahore AQI portal
Claim 2 clm-f260cc078ae3380e quantitative
hourly Air Quality Index for Lahore from ten stations measuring PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, CO and ozone
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The official portal lists ten named Lahore stations, hourly AQI updates and the six measured pollutants.
Caveat
Station count is the operator's own; no independent audit of how many stations deliver valid data has been published.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Punjab EPA — official Lahore AQI portal
Claim 3 clm-b10b7935128da0e8 quantitative
when the index crossed 1,000 in November 2024, the provincial government declared smog a calamity
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Dawn's coverage reports AQI readings above 1,000 and the provincial declaration of smog as a calamity with accompanying emergency measures.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Dawn — Punjab orders school closures amid smog (6 Nov 2024)
  2. Dawn — schools closed across 18 districts (Nov 2024)
Claim 4 clm-1350277ecd9109ae quantitative
closed schools across 18 districts from 7 to 17 November
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Dawn reports the closure of educational institutions across 18 districts from 7 to 17 November 2024.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Dawn — schools closed across 18 districts (Nov 2024)
Claim 5 clm-67723e41d89923ea descriptive
imposed 'green lockdowns' on pollution hotspots and ordered half of office staff to work from home
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The report describes green lockdowns in designated smog hotspots and the order sending 50 percent of employees home.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gulf News — offices closed, green lockdown in Lahore (Nov 2024)
Claim 6 clm-3d40c0d2670977e0 quantitative
official AQI peaked at 1,165 that week
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Dawn reports Lahore's AQI peaking at 1,165 during the November 2024 episode.
Caveat
Community sensor networks reported even higher readings the same week; this entry uses the figure carried by Dawn.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Dawn — schools closed across 18 districts (Nov 2024)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

unreviewed Revision 2026-08-15-baseline effective 2026-08-15 · created 2026-08-15

Awaiting operator and domain-expert review; publication of this revision implies neither.

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Revision history → Permanent version link → Machine-readable record → Evidence Constitution →
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source dossiers
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publication dates recorded
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archives linked
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exact locators
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content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Environmental Protection Agency, Government of Punjab
Actor types
regional-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

5 source dossiers

Punjab EPA — official Lahore AQI portal aqi.punjab.gov.pk · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-e49c87f9856f3f25
Publisher
Name not classified · aqi.punjab.gov.pk
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-15
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Operator's own platform: ten named Lahore stations, hourly updates, six pollutants, 'regulatory-grade equipment' wording.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Express Tribune — Punjab installs modern air quality monitors (Nov 2024) tribune.com.pk · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-9e1487d1e2320bdb
Publisher
Name not classified · tribune.com.pk
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-15
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

New monitors at named Lahore sites linked to the EPA central control room, with a 25-monitor second phase across Punjab. Site blocks automated fetches (403); content verified via search-indexed text.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Dawn — Punjab orders school closures amid smog (6 Nov 2024) dawn.com · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-b8e44c1ebada31b7
Publisher
Name not classified · dawn.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2024-11-06
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-15
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Closure orders and the package of emergency smog measures notified by the provincial government.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Dawn — schools closed across 18 districts (Nov 2024) dawn.com · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-5503e8b0e529770d
Publisher
Name not classified · dawn.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-15
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Closures extended across 18 districts from 7 to 17 November; Lahore AQI peak of 1,165.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Gulf News — offices closed, green lockdown in Lahore (Nov 2024) gulfnews.com · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-70af76cc4cccb7e3
Publisher
Name not classified · gulfnews.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-15
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Green lockdown in smog hotspots and the 50-percent work-from-home order.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.