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HAFIZABAD - Punjab government has released Rs 93.932 million for up gradation of schools, construction of roads and others development schemes under Punjab Development Programme. Hafizabad District Development Committee Chairman Muhammad Asif said this while talking to journalists. He added all these schemes were being launched with the consultation and recommendation of members of provincial and national assemblies according to the priorities of the people of their constituencies.

LAHORE - The standoff between the Punjab government and young doctors on strike took an ominous turn after the Health Department terminated 144 doctors on Sunday including 60 postgraduate trainee and house officers, Young Doctors Association (YDA) President Dr Hamid Butt among them.
The list comprised around 84 doctors, including one assistant professor, who were terminated under the Punjab Employees Efficiency and Disciplinary Act. On the other hand, the government turned away

LAHORE - The Punjab Police Sports Department announced its weight-lifting team for participation in the fourth Inter-Provincial Police Games to be held at Karachi. Raza Shah, Sports Officer, announced the Punjab Police team.
The Inter-Provincial Police Games will be held from April 6 to 12, in which 18 events will be held. The Punjab weight-lifting team comprises Rashid Aqeel Aslam, Kashif Barkat, Akeel Javed Butt, Mohammad Rizwan, Riasat Ali, Haroon Bin Rasheed, Ali Irfan and

LAHORE - The government has announced a three-day-a-week gas load shedding for the industrial sector in Punjab, a private TV channel reported on Saturday. A notification has been issued in this regard. Despite of orders issued by the president and the prime minister, gas load shedding for the industrial units of Punjab has continued unabated. According to the notification, industries across Punjab were facing gas load shedding due to a gas shortfall.
Punjab has been divided in

LAHORE - A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday seeking to restrain National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab DG Rana Zahid Mahmood from working, as a petition against his appointment is already pending in court. Shah Faisal Qureshi clubbed the petition with his earlier petition against the appointment of the NAB Punjab DG. The petitioner submitted that Zahid was committing illegalities during pendency of the case against his appointment. Qureshi said that

LAHORE - The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) on Saturday condemned the Punjab government's attitude towards protesting doctors and demanded the provincial government to accept the demands of the doctors. APML Secretary General Barrister Saif and APML Spokesman Fawad Chaudhry met a delegation of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) and termed their demands as genuine. Fawad said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has proved to be a failed administrator due to his poor

LAHORE - The Punjab government has given a 24-hour ultimatum to young doctors to call off their strike or face action under the Compulsory Service Act, a cabinet meeting decided late on Friday.
Terming the services of doctors attached to the Health Department "essential", the government decided further that police be deployed at hospitals to ensure their smooth operation. "It has been decided to ensure that those who want to work should keep working and no one should be allowed

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday gave 10 days to the federal and Punjab governments to recover two Pakistani families which went missing after they granted pardon to CIA contractor Raymond Davis on March 16 in exchange for blood money.
Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry expressed annoyance when a federal law officer sought three weeks to submit the reply on part of the federal government. The judge inquired, "Why is the government seeking adjournment after

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated the website of the Online Legislation Project, "Awareness about Law for Everyone" at the Chief Minister's Secretariat. The website will promote public awareness about laws and policies of various departments of the provincial government. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that online provision of information to the general public about laws of government departments was a revolutionary step of the Punjab

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly (PA) on Wednesday passed seven bills in absence of the joint opposition, which boycotted the session and also successfully completed its 100th day of proceedings to fulfill the constitutional requirement after passage of the 18th Constitutional Amendment.
The treasury benches for the first time felt comfortable during the ongoing 23rd session of the PA owing to the boycott of the opposition that provided enough room for presenting four bills and

LAHORE - The Punjab government on Tuesday transferred various officers.
Captain (r) Saqib Zafar, officer on special duty (OSD), Services & General Administration Department has been posted as district coordination officer, Rawalpindi, against a vacant post, relieving Muhammad Zubair, executive district officer (Revenue), Rawalpindi, of additional charge of the post.
Ayesha Mumtaz, district monitoring officer, PESRP, Lahore, has been transferred and posted as deputy district

LAHORE - The Punjab home secretary told the court in a written reply on Monday in connection with the hearing of a habeas corpus petition for the recovery of the families of Faizan and Faheem, the two men killed by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Raymond Davis, that the Punjab government was completely unaware of the families' whereabouts and suggested that the Lahore High Court ask the government about the allegedly missing families.The reply surprised many in the

LAHORE - Punjab Assembly (PA) Deputy Speaker Rana Mashhood has barred all the legislators in the house from passing controversial remarks against Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. On a point of order, PML-Q backed MPA Abdullah Yousaf Warraich drew the attention of the house over the remarks of Sheikh Alla-ud-Din against Quaid-e-Azam. He said that Law Minister Rana Sanaullah also remained silent on the issue. Rana Mashhood, who was chairing the assembly's session on Monday thus passed

LAHORE - The quarter-finalists in the South Punjab Zone of the 13th National Seniors' Cricket Cup have been decided and all the four quarter-finals will be played on Sunday (today). Today's Fixtures (quarter-finals) Bahawalpur Sr v DG Khan Seniors Multan Tigers v Multan Heroes Multan Veteran White v Pakpattan Srs Multan Jinnah Srs v Sahiwal Sr

KARACHI - Cash-strapped governments of Punjab and Sindh, exporting millions of tonnes of excess wheat through the private sector to fulfill their budgetary needs, have announced a subsidy of Rs 600 per tonne on expedited exports of the commodity.
The conditional subsidy would, however, be given on those consignments that would have been dispatched before April 30, 2011, eve of the next wheat procurement season. If calculated on the basis of given initial export target of three

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) was informed on Friday that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given approval for creating 198 new posts in the Punjab Health Department for regularisation of assistant professors and senior medical officers who were working on contract basis. Justice Umer Ata Bandial was hearing the petition of assistant professors and senior medical officers seeking their regularisation in the health department, which was filed through their counsel Dr

LAHORE - Punjab young doctors' protest entered 25th day on Friday while the patients were suffering lot of problem because of the strike.
Protesting doctors in Punjab have shut the outdoor services units of their respective hospitals demanding increase in their salaries and are conducting check-ups of their patients on the camps situated on roads.
On one side, the government is so angry upon the behavior of the protesting doctors, and on the other side, the private hospitals