PML-N-led govt presented people-friendly budget for Punjab: Leghari

LAHORE:Provincial Minister Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari said on Wednesday that in the prevailing economic conditions of the province, it was very difficult to present a balanced budget but the able leadership of ruling PML-N accepted this Herculean task and managed to present a people-friendly budget (FY 2022-23) with focus on providing social protection to […]

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Punjab govt reserves Rs 149 billion for police

LAHORE:The Punjab government has allocated an amount of Rs 149.018 billion as non development for salaries and other expenses of police in the provincial budget for the financial year 2022-23.   According to the budget document issued here on Wednesday, about 149.018 billion have been reserved for non development expenses out of which employees related […]

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DC Sibi reviews progress of ongoing development projects

QUETTA: Deputy Commissioner Sibi Mansoor Ahmad Qazi on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the progress of ongoing development projects.   RE Taswur Khan, DPD Nari World Bank Anosh Khan, Executive Engineer B And R  Atiq-ur-Rehman, Chief Officer Ghulam Abbas Bohar, Assistant Director Local Government Muhammad Akbar and other officials concerned  attended the meeting.   […]

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Three-day USAID workshop on women’s leadership concludes

ISLAMABAD: The USAID-funded Higher Education System Strengthening Activity’s (HESSA) three-day workshop designed for women’s leadership in higher education concluded on Wednesday.   The course ended with the presentation of certificates to as many as thirty women faculty drawn from 15 HESSA partner universities and comprising a fine mix of lecturers, assistant professors, and department chairs […]

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Rs 680 mln allocated for 24 uplift schemes of Auqaf deptt in Punjab Budget 2022-23

LAHORE:The Punjab Government has allocated Rs 680 million for 24 development schemes  of Auqaf and Religious Affairs in the provincial budget 2022-23.  According to budget documents, Rs 607.439 million would be spent on twenty on going  schemes which include: provision of public amenities, water supply arrangements, up-gradation  of shrine/mosque, varendahs and pond at shrine Hazrat […]

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KMC decides to celebrate 75th anniversary of founding Pakistan

KARACHI:The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has decided to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee in a grand manner on the 75th anniversary of the founding of Pakistan.   In this regard, Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab has formed a committee consisting of KMC officers to ensure the conduct of these programs, said a spokesperson of the KMC […]

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KP CM performs groundbreaking of Kandian Valley, Spotgah roads

PESHAWAR:Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Wednesday visited district Upper Kohistan where he performed ground breaking of 32-km Kandian Valley road phase-1 and 75-km Spotgah Valley Road projects.   The completion of both projects would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs. 5.5 billion and Rs. 8 billion respectively.   Newly elected local […]

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