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ISLAMABAD - Maradona of Hockey, Shahbaz Sr. believes that Pakistan hockey team needs to play like a unit to secure a decent place in the forthcoming Azlan Shah Cup to be held from May 5-15 in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Pakistan will face New Zealand in the beginning of the event and seven teams including Australia, England, South Korea, New Zealand, Pakistan, India and hosts Malaysia are featuring in the event. The final will be played on May 15.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF)

BEIJING - Drone attacks are causing deaths of hundreds of innocent citizens and had become a serious issue for Pakistan, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told office-bearers of the Chinese Communist Party on Monday, adding that mistakes of former rulers had turned Pakistan from a land of peace into a hotbed of terrorism. Addressing the event, Shahbaz said every drone attack bred a new batch of terrorists.
Earlier, Shahbaz was accorded a warm welcome by the senior leadership

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told reporters at the Allama Iqbal International Airport before his departure to China for a five-day visit on Sunday that his visit was highly important because the spectrum of friendship (with China) needed to be broadened and matters pertaining to prevailing circumstances, especially that of terrorism and drone strikes, would be discussed with Chinese leaders.
He said that China was a sincere friend of Pakistan and had supported

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is going to China on an official visit today (Sunday) to boost bilateral trade volume and bring investment in Pakistan. He will be accompanied by Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, parliamentarians and a group of businessmen.
The visit is highly significant for giving boost to socio-economic cooperation between the two countries, especially at the level of Punjab.

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab issued an 11 point agenda to Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday.
The agenda presented by PPP's deputy parliamentary leader Shaukat Basra demanded answers of his questions from Punjab's CM.
The questions ask the CM about his absence from the provincial assembly's session, quantity of ministries owned by him, steps taken to end corruption, formation of the forward block, Sasti Roti scheme and other issues.
PPP said

LAHORE - The Punjab Irrigation Department has chalked out a new strategy to address water shortages, with the department telling the Punjab Chief Minister's Secretariat that it had decided to cut water outflow from Mangla by 10,000 cusec to stop the reservoir hitting the dead level. Sources said in response to the Chief Minister's notice on Indus River System Authority (IRSA) decision to reduce Punjab's water share by 45 percent, the provincial irrigation department had written to the

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to complete the Bhatta Chowk Extension Project until May 10 for ensuring smooth traffic flow.
Shahbaz visited the site of the Bhatta Chowk Extension Project and reviewed the pace of implementation of the Aashiyana Housing Scheme at Saroba Atari. The Punjab CM said that the Aashiyana Housing Scheme is an excellent project under which modern residential facilities will be available to the

LAHORE - Punjab's Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif reached Bhutta Chowk early Sunday morning to see the ongoing development work.
The Chief Minister inspected under construction projects of Ring Road Package-1 and directed officials to complete the work within one month.
He said that these projects would ease the traffic flow in the area.
He directed officials to ensure best construction quality and early completion of the projects to facilitate citizens.
Commissioner

LAHORE - Taking serious notice of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA)'s decision to slash Punjab's water share, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has asked IRSA Chairman Rao Irshad why the provincial government was not taken into confidence on the issue, disclosed the sources in the provincial Irrigation Department.
It is important to note that Rao is also Punjab's representative in the IRSA, which is responsible for water distribution among the provinces and other related

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting of the provincial cabinet at Chief Minister's Secretariat on Saturday that gave approval to the Wheat Procurement Policy 2011, Parks and Horticulture Authority Act 2010, Punjab Semen Quality Control Act 2010 and amendment in Punjab Entertainment Duty Act 1958.
The chief minister said the wheat procurement target of 40 lakh metric tons had been set. He said that the wheat procurement drive would be started from

LAHORE - The Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, on Friday, said that the country's livestock sector has enough potential to eliminate poverty and unemployment, in addition to earning huge foreign exchange through export of dairy products.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the three-day First Punjab Expo at Expo Centre here, he said that agriculture holds a key importance in the national economy and Pakistan needs to tap potential of its resources of fertile land,

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday visited the Lahore Book Fair, which is being organised with collaboration of the Punjab government.
More than 160 publishers from India, Pakistan, UK and the US are participating in the book fair with more than 200 stalls.
Academic books of the Punjab Text Book Board are also available at the stalls. The book fair will continue until April 11. Books are available in all categories while people from all walks of life

LAHORE - The government and the young doctors set aside their egos as the Young Doctors Association (YDA) finally ended its strike after a much-awaited meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday, bringing an end to 37 days of suffering for the patients.
In a high-level meeting at Chief Minister's Secretariat, Shahbaz ordered the formation of a 6-member committee, which would submit its recommendations on raising the salaries of doctors and solutions to their

CHISHTIAN - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said that Pakistan could not develop until the scourge of terrorism from the country was not eradicated and the practice of taking foreign loans was not stopped.
Addressing opening ceremony of the Danish School here, he said that no nation could make progress by begging and taking loan in the world. The chief minister said that how long the country would depend on foreign aid, adding, "we can make progress and make the

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif seems to have burnt his fingers after revisiting the issue of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Raymond Davis' release upon his return from London as the opposition in the Punjab Assembly grilled him on Tuesday for saying he was not involved in Davis' release.
PPP deputy parliamentary leader Shaukat Basra said that the opposition accepted the CM's challenge to prove his involvement in the CIA spy's release. The house

LAHORE - Former Punjab chief minister and senior Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader MNA Chaudhry Parvez Elahi condemned the 'brutal and inhuman' treatment currently being meted out to doctors in Punjab at the hands of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
He flayed the Punjab CM for arresting innocent doctors instead of giving them a patient hearing. He said the rulers got their medical treatment from the UK and the US and therefore had no qualms in disrupting the health

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told reporters at the Allama Iqbal International Airport upon his return from London on Sunday that his elder brother and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was recovering quickly.
Shahbaz said Nawaz had been discharged from the hospital and was now resting at his house. He said Nawaz would return to Pakistan soon. He said the Pakistan cricket team was moving forward with dedication and the entire nation was praying for its