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LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly proceedings were inflicted by quorum issue again on Monday and this time the Pakistan People's party (PPP) lawmaker Shaharyar Ali Khan pointed out the quorum just before the opening of the general discussion on price hike.
Meeting after a two-day break, under the chair of the Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal, the proceedings started about an hour and 25 minutes late
Following the recitation of the holy Quran and a naat, PML-Q forward block MPA Dr

LAHORE - The private publishers have virtually taken over the management of Punjab Textbook Board (PTB), throwing to winds the standards set in the National Textbook and Learning Materials Policy (NTLMP).
The curriculum wing of federal ministry of education issued the NTLMP in 2007. The purpose of the policy was the improvement of textbooks and learning materials but the policy has fallen foul to the benefit of private publishers, corrupt mafia and incompetent writers.
PTB's

LAHORE - In order to overcome current power crisis, a 150 megawatt power plant will be installed in Punjab with technical support from Turkey, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced after his return from his official visits to Turkey and the United kingdom.
Talking to journalists at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, the chief minister said that the Punjab government signed multiple agreements with the Turkish government in various fields like environment, education and

LAHORE - A majority of areas of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remained under thick fog on Saturday, severely disrupting air, road and rail traffic in the two provinces.
The fog also forced authorities to announce the suspension of operation at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, until 10am today (Sunday). The Motorway (M2) was closed for traffic between Lahore and Pindi Bhattian, while rail traffic also suffered due to foggy conditions, while the Pindi Bhattian-Islamabad

Lahore - Members of the Punjab Club elected members to the committee of management through voting which continued for three days, concluding on Friday.
According to details, a total of 13 candidates were in the race for eight seats of members to the committee of management. There are 300 members eligible to cast their votes in the Punjab Club. The voting continued for three days, with one hour every day.
According to final results, Ibrar Mumtaz bagged maximum number of votes

LAHORE - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab filed six new references in accountability courts on Friday. The references have been filed against former Punjab University (PU) College of Information Technology principal Dr Majid Naeem, M/s Empire Phones Lahore CEO Arshad Butt and others, former United Bank Limited (UBL) Thokar Niaz Baig Branch cashier Latif Khan, former Income Tax Office Circle-III superintendent Habibur Rehman and nine others, J Khalid Oil Mills Vehari

LAHORE - The crippling industry has been hit by another shock as Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has decided to increase gas curtailment hours for Punjab industries during January.
The SNGPL was supplying three and half days in a week gas to the industrial sector. This has now been increased to four days; sources said adding that load-shedding would be done on rotational basis.
This decision was associated with the cold temperature and rising demand of gas for

LAHORE - Thousands of the daily wagers of Punjab have lost their jobs as gas break of industrial units continued on the fourth consecutive day on Thursday in Lahore, Sheikhupura and Sahiwal, a private TV channel reported.
The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has halted several industrial areas gas supply, under the National Energy Saving Campaign, from the evening of December 27 and after completion of the scheduled time it will be restored on Friday (December 31)

LAHORE - Punjab Inspector General of Police Tariq Saleem Dogar has said that the Punjab Police investigation teams and other agencies have found Saud Aziz and Khurram Shahzad innocent in their findings.
The IGP told a press conference on Wednesday that no doubt the postmortem report was concrete and tangible evidence, but Benazir's Bhutto's body was no ordinary body and police officers in Rawalpindi could do nothing without consultation of her family.
He, however, remarked

ISLAMABAD - The Punjab government has not been able to recover over Rs 574 million from the officers/officials and contractors of the Punjab Food Directorate, mainly owing to its ineffective and insufficient recovery mechanism, points out an AGPR audit report for the year 2009-10.
The report reveals Rs 574.847 million were recoverable from a number of officers, officials and contractors of the Punjab Food Directorate. The scrutiny of the directorate's monthly recovery statements

LAHORE - A memorandum of understanding was signed on Monday between the Punjab government and a renowned university of Istanbul, Fatiehn, regarding cooperation for the improvement of the education sector.
The MoU was signed by Punjab Chief Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and Rector of the university, Prof Serif Ali Tajalan. Under the agreement, the Punjab government would send 50 brilliant male and female students to Fetiehn University on its own expenses for post-graduation and PhD

LAHORE - The Punjab Junior Inter District Table Tennis Championship will start at Khanewal from December 28 at the Sports Hall of Government Commerce College, Peoples Colony Khanewal.
According to President District Table Tennis Association Khanewal Haji Amber Bashir, this championship is being participated by 100 players and official. The events to be contested include team and individual categories in boys and girls. DCO Khanewal Qazi Muhammad Ishfaq will be the chief guest of

LAHORE: Eight amendment bills on government departments were approved in a meeting of the Punjab Cabinet presided over by Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif at the CM Secretariat here on Wednesday. The bills were with regard to the transfer of ministry affairs to provinces stipulated by the 18th constitutional amendment. A Cabinet Committee for eliminating corruption from Punjab was constituted by the CM tasked with formulating recommendations on the matter. The recommendations

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday directed the Petroleum Ministry to ensure that the industrial sector in Punjab received uninterrupted supply of gas five days a week, adding that an equitable distribution of gas across the country and a strict implementation on Economic Coordination Committee's decisions must be ensured.
Chairing a special high-level meeting at the PM House to review the gas supply situation, particularly, to the industrial sector in Punjab,

LAHORE - The Punjab government is urging killing of blasphemy convict Aasia Bibi before more developments occurred in the issue, participants of the All Christian Parties Conference led by Pakistan Christian Democratic Alliance Chairman Bishop Yaqoob Paul said on Sunday.
Around 25 Christian parties participated in the conference. The conference demanded immediate repeal of Section 295-B and C of blasphemy laws, as these laws did not apply on minorities. The conference also agreed

LAHORE - The Punjab government will get six more federal ministries in the second phase of devolution after the 18th Amendment, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The federal ministries which are being devolved to the provinces comprise the ministries of education, special education, tourism, social welfare, culture and livestock. In the first phase of devolution, ministries of population welfare, local government and rural development, zakat and ushr, youth affairs and special

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) Senior Central Leader Moonis Elahi said that the people of Punjab are the biggest victims of the 'target killings wave' which has now engulfed the whole country.
Referring to the statement made by the Sindh Home Minister on Monday and the recent report of the Human Watch Pakistan which cites the murders of 12 educators of Punjabi origin living in Baluchistan, Moonis Elahi expressed serious concern and dismay at the unfortunate rise in