Month: June 2021

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Women Development Department Ashifa Riaz has termed the Punjab budget 2021-22 as balanced and pro-development budget. In her statement here on Tuesday, she said the provincial budget would ensure development in all sectors. She added the PTI government allocated Rs 500 million for women development in the budget 2021-22. The minister […]

LAHORE: A sessions court on Tuesday handed down death sentence to two accused involved in a murder-cum-dacoity case. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50, 000 each on the convicts, Ali Raza and Yasar Shaban, besides ordering them to pay Rs 700, 000 each as compensation to the heirs of the victim. Additional […]

LAHORE: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Inam Ghani on Tuesday directed all RPOs of the province to complete the inspection of police stations under their jurisdiction within two months and send detailed reports to the CPO. In the light of these reports modern resources and facilities would be provided in police stations, he said […]

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal Tuesday said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and corruption could not go together as the anti-corruption department had been set up to serve the poor and not the rich. Addressing a ceremony held to distribute cheques worth Rs 900 million among 660 affectees of Toyota Gujranwala […]

LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Secretary Asif Bajwa and Head Coach of National Hockey Team Olympian Kh Junaid called on Director General Sports Board Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh here at National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. They also presented a bouquet to Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh on this occasion. Pakistan’s former Davis Cupper […]

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Tuesday that despite coronavirus pandemic, the PTI government had taken measures in the budget 2021-22 to ensure economic stability. In a statement, he said the government did not leave the people alone in difficult situation and pointed out that the Punjab was the only province where […]

LAHORE: Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) appreciated the Punjab budget 2021-22 and termed it people-friendly. Talking to reporter here on Tuesday, JAP Chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique said that despite coronavirus pandemic, the Punjab government managed a developmental and people-friendly budget. He said that the government had reserved billions of rupees for the social sector, including health, […]

LAHORE: Punjab budget for financial year (FY) 2021-22 is positive and growth-oriented and in accordance with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) manifesto. He said all economic indicators have now improved and the GDP growth rate would remain at 3.9 per cent during the next financial year. Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht expressed these views, while […]