Navi Pillay, a jurist of Indian Tamil descent who sits in the Myanmar genocide case, wins the Nobel Peace Prize; haze eases slightly but stays unhealthy; PTI heads for Swabi; Delhi locks down central areas ahead of the CJP protest. What matters in Asia this morning.

The PTI long march led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is due in Mardan on its seventh day. The party plans to announce its next steps at Swabi, while federal ministers warn it not to take the march out of the province.

Air quality improved slightly in Singapore on Saturday but stayed unhealthy across the island, while 33 areas in Malaysia recorded unhealthy readings. Our tables compare the latest readings with Friday’s peak.

Navi Pillay, the 85-year-old South African jurist of Indian Tamil descent and former UN human rights chief, has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. She now sits as a judge ad hoc in the Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar.