Tag: Punjab government
Punjab decides to settle budgetary issues with Centre
LAHORE: After presenting a populist budget, the Punjab government has decided to contest its budgetary issues in the National Finance Commission to settle the...
PTI saves face in Punjab with populist budget
--Govt presents over Rs2 trillion budget in Punjab Assembly
--Allocates Rs238 billion for annual development expenditures, Rs373 billion for education, Rs284 billion for health department
--Rs50.5 billion apportioned...
Court allows Punjab govt to sell Dar’s three plots
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Monday handed Punjab government the authority to auction off the assets of absconding former finance minister Ishaq Dar in a...
Chohan to continue to represent Punjab government as info minister
--Shahbaz Gul only notified as CM’s personal spokesperson
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Punjab has appointed Shahbaz Gul as the spokesperson for Punjab Chief...
Fayyazul Hassan Chohan no longer Punjab govt’s mouthpiece: reports
Shahbaz Gul has replaced Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan as the spokesperson of the Punjab government, Hum News reported on Saturday.
According to reports, Gul...
Ostrich farming on verge of collapse owing to govt’s negligence
--Wooed by PML-N govt, farmers suffer following expiration of first phase
--Ostrich farming director hopeful for extension in project; blames ‘lack of funds’ for delay
LAHORE: Once thriving...
Govt constitutes provincial water conservation committee
LAHORE: In order to overcome water shortage in the province, the Punjab government has constituted a Provincial Water Conservation Committee under the convenorship of Punjab...
Punjab govt to draft legislation to allow domestic staff weekly holiday
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to draft a legislation which will allow domestic staff to have a weekly holiday.
According to sources, domestic staff...
Punjab govt to launch anti-encroachment operation
LAHORE: Senior Provincial Minister Abdul Aleem Khan has said that Local Government Department will undertake comprehensive operation and, in the coming 48 hours, the campaign...
Punjab to auction 110 official vehicles following centre’s footsteps
Following the federal government's suit, Punjab is also preparing to sell as many as 110 official vehicles through a bidding process.
According to reports, the...
Govt employees unhappy with revised working hours
--Female employees say they are unable to carry out domestic tasks
--These are just lame excuses, Punjab govt spokesperson Chohan terms
LAHORE: While the newly-elected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...
Punjab govt challenges LHC verdict in private schools’ fee hike case
LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday admitted an appeal, filed by the Punjab government, against the Lahore High Court’s verdict in private schools’...
Govt claims anti-sectarian ad that somehow featured Pashteen, Wazir, and Dawar...
Police spokesperson says targeting any ethnicity wouldn’t make sense
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry late on Saturday night said that a Punjab Government...
Urban land records digitisation in limbo as govt fails to decide...
--British-framed rules for rural lands still in place while no such exist for urban land records
LAHORE: The digitisation of urban land records in Punjab is...
Women on Wheels project failed to meet its targets: report
LAHORE: The Women On Wheels (WOW) project initiated by the former government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is going towards a failure as it could not meet...
SC orders immediate construction of Dhadhocha dam
--Dhadhocha dam will serve as a water reservoir for residents of Rawalpindi and surrounding areas
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered the Punjab...
PML-N decides not to bother Punjab govt for three months
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab chapter, under the leadership of provincial opposition leader Hamza Shehbaz, has decided not to criticise the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...