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Punjab pursuing 100 Days Agenda with accelerated pace: Buzdar

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said Sunday the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was working to reform education, health, tourism and other sectors.

October 21, 2018
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Hamza announces PML-N boycott of Punjab Assembly

Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz on Friday warned that the PML-N would boycott the assembly unless six suspended MPAs were permitted to participate in sessions.

October 19, 2018
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Opposition stages sit-in as suspended MPAs barred from entering Punjab Assembly

Opposition leaders on Friday staged sit-in outside the Punjab Assembly after six members, who were suspended for sabotaging budget session, were barred from entering the building.

October 19, 2018
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LESCO chief takes notice of Habib Jalib’s daughter’s hefty electricity bill

Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) Chief Executive Mujahid Pervaiz on Wednesday took notice of Habib Jalib’s daughter’s hefty electricity bill amounting to Rs75,000.

October 18, 2018
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Punjab Govt decides to end subsidies on fares of the Metro bus service

The Punjab government has decided to end subsidies on fares of the Metro bus service, the provincial finance minister said on Thursday.

October 18, 2018
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Punjab information minister predicts forward block in PML-N

The firebrand Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Wednesday forecasted emergence of forward block within ranks of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz.

October 17, 2018
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Zainab's rapist, murderer Imran Ali hanged at Kot Lakhpat Jail

Imran Ali, who was convicted for the rape and murder of six-year-old Zainab Amin in Kasur earlier this year, was hanged to death in the early hours of Wednesday in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Central Jail.

October 17, 2018
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Punjab unveils Rs2026bn budget amid opposition protest

The Punjab government on Tuesday unveiled a budget of Rs2.02651 trillion for the remaining eight months of current fiscal year 2018-19.

October 16, 2018
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former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif

Court grants NAB 14-day extension in Shehbaz Sharif's remand

An accountability court on Tuesday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) a 14-day extension in the physical remand of former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif in the Ashiana Housing Scheme case.

October 16, 2018
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Amjad Javed takes charge as Inspector General Punjab

Amjad Javed Saleemi, on Monday has taken charge as Punjab Inspector General.

October 15, 2018
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CJP takes notice of PU professors’ court appearance in handcuffs

Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice of production of former vice-chancellor of Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran and other professors in handcuffs before an accountability court here on Friday.

October 13, 2018
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Court orders to seize property of Shehbaz Sharif’s son-in-law Ali Imran

Accountability court on Thursday has ordered to seize property of former Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Shehbaz Sharif’s son-in-law Ali Imran.

October 11, 2018
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Accountability Bureau Arrests Former PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday arrested former Vice Chancellor of Punjab University Dr Mujahid Kamran.

October 11, 2018
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Hamza Shehbaz warns PM Khan against 'imprisonment threats'

Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan while asserting that democracy without substance was placed in the country.

October 10, 2018
Published in Punjab