{"id":92735,"date":"2025-12-03T10:23:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=92735"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:23:13","slug":"dense-fog-shuts-down-punjab-motorways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/dense-fog-shuts-down-punjab-motorways\/","title":{"rendered":"Dense fog shuts down Punjab motorways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: A thick blanket of fog plunged parts of Punjab into darkness, forcing the Motorway Police to close key highways including Motorway M-11 and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/motorway-smog-update-m-2-m-4-m-11-opened-after-early-closure-on-thursday\/\">Motorway M-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden closures left countless commuters stranded and disrupted early morning travel across the region.<\/p>\n<p>A Motorway Police spokesperson confirmed that the decision was taken to prevent fatal accidents, warning that even a moment\u2019s negligence in such conditions could lead to disaster.<\/p>\n<p>With visibility dangerously low, authorities issued an urgent advisory: Travel only in daylight, ideally between 10 am and 6 pm. Use fog lights both in front and behind vehicles. Avoid unnecessary travel and maintain a safe distance from other vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Officials stressed that these measures are crucial as Punjab\u2019s winter fog routinely leads to serious road accidents, turning highways into high-risk zones.<\/p>\n<p>Motorway police urged all commuters to remain alert and call helpline 130 for real-time updates or assistance, as the fog continues to wreak havoc across the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: A thick blanket of fog plunged parts of Punjab into darkness, forcing the Motorway Police to close key highways including Motorway M-11 and Motorway M-2. The sudden closures left countless commuters stranded and disrupted early morning travel across the region. A Motorway Police spokesperson confirmed that the decision was taken to prevent fatal accidents, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":61441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32674],"class_list":["post-92735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-motorway-m-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92736,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92735\/revisions\/92736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}