Tag: Provincial

Have no fear, PDMA is here

Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Director General, Mujahid Sherdil has said that besides rivers monsoon rains have also affected hill torrents and water channels. He...

Public Safety Commission to be made effective: Sharmila

Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Media Affairs Sharmila Faruqui has said it is need of the hour that National Public Safety Commission may...

Punjab Assembly passes budget amid walkouts and protests

The Punjab Assembly passed the budget as the House witnessed two walkouts on Wednesday over the burning of legislators’ homes in the province and...

The critique continues

The Punjab Assembly continued its ‘general discussion’ on the provincial budget 2012-13 for the fourth day on Friday. Legislators from both the treasury and opposition...

Consumer courts stay cursed

The employees of the Punjab consumer courts will continue to suffer for another year as no funds have been allocated for the courts in...

Punjab govt’s protest against outages rebellion against Centre, says Kaira

The Punjab government’s protest against load shedding is rebellion against the federal government, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Wednesday. Speaking...

Punjab govt approves draft of Punjab Local Govt Act 2012

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting of the provincial cabinet on Thursday that gave approval to the draft law of Punjab...

World Environment day on June 5

The World Environment Day will be observed actively in the provincial metropolis on June 5, as several programmes have been chalked out by NGOs...

Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to the corruption ‘whitepaper’

Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) has started preparing a ‘white paper’ on corruption and irregularities being done by the officials of the provincial departments involved...

Doctors remain absent as YDA strike goes provincial

Patients across Punjab continued to suffer after Young Doctors Association (YDA) went on province-wide strike and also boycotted their services at the outpatient departments...

Provincial guidelines to combat gender-based violence discussed

The USAID-supported Gender Equity Programme held a meeting of its National Advisory Forum on Monday, focusing on developing provincial guidelines for the programme to...

SZH to strike if brought under provincial control

The doctors and employees of Sheikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) have decided to go on a strike if the Punjab government puts pressure on the...

FATA grand alliance to devise strategy on provincial status tomorrow

After a demand by MQM chief Altaf Hussain for provincial status for FATA, former minister for environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi has become active and...

Consolidation through intra provincial trade

With the deteriorating macro-economic indicators, the value of Pakistani rupee has fallen drastically, almost like the infamous “ London bridge”. Even the most optimistic...

Number of seats in 3 provincial assemblies increased

The Upper House of parliament on Thursday passed the Delimitation of Constituencies (Amendment) Bill of 2011, which would lead to an increase in the...

Provincial govt pursuing sustainable agricultural growth

Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh has said that provincial government is actively pursuing the sustainable and consistent growth of agriculture sector and...

Doctors demand provincial medical council under PMDC

The young doctors have demanded the Punjab government should establish a provincial medical council under the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to regulate...