Tag: SOuth Punjab

Shehbaz meets Nisar, ‘redressal of grievances’ promised

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday assured senior party leader Chaudhry Nisar of redressal of latter's grievances, saying that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

South Punjab needs basic facilities, not metro: PTI

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) reiterated its demand on Sunday for the provision of basic facilities for the people of southern parts of Punjab, urging the...

Alamdad Lalika rejects news of his resignation from NA, PML-N

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) MNA from NA-167 Bahawalnagar district of South Punjab Alamdad Lalika rejected the news which appeared in the national press regarding...

Development in south Punjab belies defectors’ claims, says Shehbaz

Punjab CM says 36 per cent of development budget is allocated for South Punjab Says South Punjab is getting biggest share of development...

Major blow to PML-N as eight South Punjab MPs defect

--Defecting lawmakers to resign from assembly seats, say will work on one-point agenda for creation of South Punjab province --Former caretaker PM Balakh Sher Mazari...

Gillani meets Bilawal, claims to win next elections in South Punjab

KARACHI: Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani called on the Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at Bilawal House on Thursday. Both the...

SPFC announces to plant 130mn trees across South Punjab

LAHORE: South Punjab Forest Company (SPFC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tahir Rasheed said on Sunday that the company with the help of private sector...

Imran Khan’s third marriage stirs controversy in Punjab Assembly

Minister advises every lawmaker to get married three or four times Public health engineering minister admits south Punjab is ‘deprived region’   LAHORE: The third...

Shehbaz criticises political rivals

MULTAN: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday strongly criticised PPP co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran...

Influenza death toll in South Punjab climbs to 38

MULTAN: The overall death toll due to seasonal influenza virus in South Punjab has increased to 38 after three people died in Multan's Nishtar Hospital on...

Dense fog troubles commuters in south Punjab, Sindh

ISLAMABAD: Poor visibility was a problem for commuters in various areas of south Punjab and upper Sindh due to dense fog, early Friday morning. The...

Peacock breeding on rise in South Punjab

MULTAN: People's interest in rearing peacocks is on a rise especially in the culturally rich region of South Punjab. Peacocks not only provide good recreation...

Government paying special attention to education in South Punjab: minister

BAHAWALPUR: Punjab Higher Education Minister Syed Raza Ali Gilani on Wednesday said that government is paying special attention to the provision of quality education to...

PML-N Govt made unparalleled progress in South Punjab: CM

LAHORE: In his meeting with Muzaffargarh Member of National Assembly (MNA) Sultan Mehmud Hanjra, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif stated that the development...

CM Shahbaz personally monitoring development projects in South Punjab

LAHORE: Federal Minister Sardar Awais Ahmed Leghari called on Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif to discuss ongoing development and public welfare projects in South...

PPP may not surprise in Punjab despite Zardari’s presence

Obaid Abbasi Even though former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is making desperately frustrated attempts to make inroads in Punjab,...

Opp, PML-N MPs from South Punjab question Punjab’s budget allocations

PTI leader Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed urges steps to boost industrial sector Thursday was not an easy day for the government as Leader of Opposition in...