Day: June 15, 2021

LAHORE: The Punjab government has earmarked a total Rs 370 billion for the health services in the province for the year 2021-22, including Rs 95.20 billion for different development programmes in the sector. As per budget documents on Monday, Rs 78.70 billion had been allocated for the Specialized Healthcare & Medical education (SH&ME) and Rs […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated a development budget amounting Rs 5 billion for environment and climate change for fiscal year 2021-22. During his budget speech, Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht said that Rs 2.6 billion had been allocated for new schemes, whereas, Rs 373 million had been allocated for ongoing schemes. Development funds of […]

LAHORE: The police observed the World Blood Donor Day on Monday in collaboration with Sundas Foundation and organized a blood donation camp at District Police Lines Qila Gujjar Singh here. Capital City Police Chief Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar visited the camp and reviewed blood donation by hundreds of policemen for the children suffering from […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated Rs1.1 billion for the Emergency Service (1122) in the development budget for the financial year 2021-22. According to the budget documents issued on Monday, Rs 550 million had been allocated for 19 regular schemes and Rs 550 million for 19 ongoing schemes. The allocated amount for the 19 ongoing […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Monday moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) against post-arrest bail granted to PML-N MNA Javed Latif by a sessions court in a case of defaming state institutions. The appeal filed through prosecutor general Punjab stated that the accused MNA was involved in defaming state institutions and the police had registered […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government will continue with tax relief and incentive package in the next financial year by giving more than Rs 50 billion tax concessions during next fiscal year starting from July 1, 2021. In his budget speech during Punjab Assembly session here Monday, Provincial Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht said that under […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated Rs 1, 235 million under development budget for tourism in provincial budget 2021-22. According to budget documents, Rs 429.085 million had been allocated for 14 ongoing schemes of tourism while Rs 823.915 million for 20 new schemes. Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht while addressing budget speech in Punjab […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated Rs 78.700 billion for the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education (SH&ME) sector in the financial fear (FY) 2021-22. According to the budget documents, issued on Monday, Rs 12.276 billion had been issued for the ongoing SH&ME schemes while Rs 64.424 billion would be spent on the new schemes. The […]