Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz announced flood relief committees across districts and tehsils after floods hit 3,775 villages, damaging over 370,000 houses. PDMA said 123 people died in Punjab. Relief camps, evacuations and medical aid continue, while PPP leaders pressed for assistance through the B
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif announced PKR 5 million compensation for families of flood victims. During a visit to Chakwal, she ordered swift relief, bridge repairs, and evacuations ahead of the next monsoon, while praising emergency response efforts.
A young man in Dera Ghazi Khan's Koh-i-Suleman region was allegedly forced by a local tribal jirga to undergo the life-threatening ritual of Aas Aaf to prove his innocence after being accused of an illicit relationship. The victim survived and has appealed for legal action against the jirga
The protesting workers said that the company provided them only partial payments ranging from Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 8000 to Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 12000 instead of full monthly wages, even as they continued to perform their duties during the Easter Holiday.
From Sheikhupura to Dera Ghazi Khan, demonstrators have staged sit-ins and rallies and faced clashes with police, demanding better compensation for their wheat harvest.
The PPP, which is in power in Sindh, farmers and other stakeholders have opposed the Green Pakistan Initiative (GPI), worth USD 3.3 billion, launched by the federal government to construct six canals to irrigate 1.2 million acres of "barren land" in south Punjab.
Fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik met former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz at their residence in Raiwind, according to The Express Tribune's report.
Addressing a press conference at the Lahore Press Club on Wednesday, Leader of the Opposition in Punjab, Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar accused the provincial government of misusing public funds for self-promotion.
Shehbaz Sharif briefed Nawaz Sharif on talks with PTI and other important issues, including the current political and economic situation of the country.