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ISLAMABAD - The provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) have rejected the centre's proposal of two holidays a week during summer and desired its non inclusion in recommendations for the energy summit. An official source at the Ministry of Water and Power said some of the draft recommendations for the energy summit were shared with the provinces to seek their consent.
Punjab and KPK both objected to the proposal of two holidays a week, saying it badly

LAHORE - A high level meeting of the officials of the Punjab sports fraternity on Thursday reviewed the preparations for the 71st Punjab Games, which was postponed four times in the past due to a cold war between the Punjab Olympics Association and the Sports Secretary Punjab. The Games have been scheduled for April 7 to 9 at different venues of the city and the PbOA has promised that they will not be postponement this time.
Haseeb Ather, secretary Higher Education Commission,

LAHORE - Punjab Food Department has finalised the arrangements to procure 3.5 million metric tonnes of wheat worth Rs 85 billion directly from the growers through 380 procurement centres across the province. Punjab Food Secretary Muhammad Irfan has said that the Food department would launch the procurement drive from April 17 to continue it till the target is achieved.
"Nearly 380 procurement centres have been established in wheat growing areas in the province. This number can be

LAHORE - Punjab bagged five gold and two silver medals to win the PSB Inter-Provincial Youth U-14 Wrestling Championship 2011 held here at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore. Punjab won with 68 points on board. Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa came second with two gold medals (61 points), while Sindh and Balochistan secured third position with 57 points each. Rashid (32kg), Mohammed Waqas (35kg), Zahid Latif (42kg), Irfan Ali (53kg) and Amanat Ali (59kg) from Punjab won the gold medals while Mohammed

LAHORE - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Farooq Sattar said MQM entered Punjab to serve the masses and the time was not far when people would realize the difference between the MQM and the other political forces. Sattar was talking to the representatives of the print and electronic media at a reception hosted by the LPG Dealer Association Chairman Irfan Khokhar. Among others, MQM Punjab chapter President Randhawa and Sarfaraz Nawaz were also present. "Now that the party

FAISALABAD - The Punjab government has unveiled a plan to carry out digital mapping of 36 districts of the province for the accurate identification of particular areas in each district.
The process will help the government have a precise area-wise study and planning of the infrastructure of urban and rural development in addition to its primary function of identifying, in minute details, the residential and commercial areas of the districts.
These views were expressed by

LAHORE - Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh Saturday said the provincial government had allocated one billion rupees for funding output-oriented research projects on high priority issues through Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB). He was delivering concluding remarks at an international seminar on 'Wheat Productivity Enhancement to Sustain Self Sufficiency' at Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (AARI) Faisalabad. In the seminar agriculture scientists form

LAHORE - In an unprecedented development, nearly 100 Provincial Management Service (PMS) officers have been arrested after they started protesting for their demands in the Punjab Civil Secretariat on Friday.
Things flared up when two PMS officers, Rana Ziaullah and Imran Sial, were arrested by police while they were distributing pamphlets carrying demands of provincial service officers and a call for strike starting from March 21. The additional chief secretary took notice of the

KARACHI - The Founder of Muttahida Quami Movement(MQM) Altaf Hussain has said that the responsibility for releasing the American Raymond Davis rests with the Punjab Government because he killed Pakistanis in Lahore and hence the prosecution, government responsibility to the Punjab Government. He said that if Raymond Davis could be released under the Sharia law of Diyat by paying blood money by the court orders then the US Government should pay the blood money to the family members of

LAHORE - The Treasury faced harsh criticism from the opposition on Thursday over Raymond Davis' release and the doctors' strike, but managed to proceed with official business by tabling 6 bills in the house.
Opposition parties in the Punjab Assembly blamed the Punjab government for "ensuring the safe release of Raymond Davis" and asked why Law Minister Rana Sanaullah visited Kot Lakhpat Jail before Davis left the prison. Assembly proceedings began an hour late at 11am under the

KARACHI - Expressing concern over the continuing strike of doctors in Punjab, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Wednesday said the legitimate demands of the protesting doctors should be accepted immediately. He said the doctors have been protesting for the past two weeks because of low incomes and problems being faced by them due to the sharp increase in cost of living.
Altaf regretted that the Punjab Government was not doing anything to solve the issue, due

LAHORE - The Punjab government failed to convince the young doctors to withdraw their strike and road blockades near the hospitals and medical colleges on Wednesday.
A high-level meeting headed by the Senior Adviser to Chief Minister Sardar Zulfiqar Khoosa was called by the Punjab government at 90 Shahrah-e-Qaid-e-Azam to convince young doctors and medical associations to end their strike.
Rawalpindi Medical College Principal Afzal Farooqui, Allama Iqbal Medical College

LAHORE - The ongoing drive of the Punjab government to repatriate several non-All Pakistan Unified Group (APUG) officers in the Punjab to the federal government is based on the policy of 'pick and choose', as 38 such officers are still working in different departments, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The Punjab government has recently repatriated 36 non-APUG officers working in different grades and departments across Punjab, directing them to relinquish their charge with immediate

LAHORE - Punjab LHC Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Wednesday issued notice to the Punjab secretary finance on a petition of LHC's additional registrar Riaz Ali Zaidi that assailed non- provision of 50 percent increase in basic pay of the high court employees.
The judge directed a provincial law officer to ensure submission of a reply from secretary finance by March 31. Zaidi had submitted that government employees' basic salaries were increased by 50 percent in federal budget

LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) sought to distance itself from the pardon and subsequent release of CIA contractor Raymond Davis on Wednesday and Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah and National Assembly Opposition Leader Nisar Ali Khan denied on Wednesday that the Punjab government had anything to do with it.
Sanaullah denied the notion that the Punjab government had influenced the victims' families and played a part in their deal with Davis. He said it was the

ISLAMABAD - Federal Law Minister Dr Babar Awan Wednesday said that government was fully determined to uplift living standards of people in southern Punjab and to bring them at par with the rest of the country. He told this to Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani who called on him to discuss the issues of southern Punjab, with a specific reference to Bahawalpur.
Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani discussed various legal and administrative issues regarding the development of less developed areas

LAHORE - Punjab Club moved into the third round of the East Zone Cricket Championship after beating Gulberg Eaglets by 16 runs at Wahdat Colony ground on Monday. A fine century by Ali Raza and equally good bowling by Afzal Shehzad were the highlights of the match.
Meanwhile, the Tournament Committee has announced the dates for the next five matches.
Scores: Punjab Club 250/8. Afzal Shehzad 73, Umer Farooq 41, Sheraz Butt 18, Yousuf Ali 17, Asif Ashfaq 13, Mohsin Saleh 10,